MEP EP#373: Full Stack Manufacturing - David and Joel of Teenage Engineering

<h4>MEP EP#373: Full Stack Manufacturing - David and Joel of Teenage Engineering<br></h4><p><strong>Joel Westerberg </strong>is head of IT at teenage engineering. Joel started at teenage engineering in 2013 by working on the OD-11 loudspeaker project. Joel has been involved in building the teenage engineering factory system and various other projects. Joel does everything from backend services, embedded development, to pcb design.</p><p><strong>David Eriksson</strong> is the head of hardware and co-founder of teenage engineering. A DJ and synth enthusiast since age 12, David started teenage engineering in 2006. David is responsible for platform and electronics design, software architecture, and designing manufacturing systems.</p><p><strong>Topics:</strong></p><ul><li>What is <a target="_blank" href="https://teenage.engineering/" rel="noopener" data-mce-href="https://teenage.engineering/">Teenage Engineering</a>?</li><ul><li>How did the company start?</li></ul><li>Managing the scaling from your first product launch of the OP-1 to the wide selection of products you currently offer</li><ul><li>How do you handle all these products?</li><li>Shared components and Designs?.&nbsp;</li><li>Button design - OP-1</li><li>PCB design - OP-1</li></ul><li>The Pocket Operator</li><ul><li>How did you come up with the pocket operator idea?</li><li>9 different operators with some special edition Capcom and rick and morty versions</li><ul><li>Any more in the works?</li></ul><li>The LCD screens</li></ul><li>Product design cycles</li><ul><li>Design for manufacturability rules?</li></ul><li>Biggest Achievements and Wins?</li><ul><li>What is Teenage Engineering the proudest of?</li><li>Worst moment? Hardware is hard. What is a problem you had to overcome and beat?</li></ul></ul>