For an overview of some projects from makers, I can recommend to browse our public projects where our customers have chosen to completely open-source their designs and make them available to everyone.Ĭ. In Europe, we also serve as a supplier for stock-listed companies and universities regularly. What I can disclose though is that 40% of our customers are businesses. J.: Who are your customers? Can you give us two examples of companies or makers who are using your electronics manufacturing services?įelix: Unfortunately, I cannot disclose any corporate clients because they manufacture with us under NDA and have not signed us a release. It’s a lot better than what we could have ever built.) We decided to switch gears, searched for electronics manufacturing partners, and instead of selling our software, use it for ourselves to bring professional electronics manufacturing to the masses at affordable cost (Figure 1).Ĭ. (If you want to see what we had in mind, have a look at the amazing software from cadlab.io. One and a half years later, and after some more reality checks, we realized that it was a tougher sell than we thought. That was our idea of a company, so we got started.

Patrick and I met 2014 at BBQ where he approached me with the idea of bringing the concept of software-based version control to electronics design companies. So, if there was someone to blame for me to deep dive into the electronics hardware and the maker community, all the credit goes to Patrick.įelix: AISLER was originally not founded to manufacture electronics. As a business process guy, this was extremely intriguing because software could help solve lots of these problems. The electronics industry was - and most likely still is - extremely complicated to deal with as a customer. Really getting into electronics hardware only started when I first met my co-founder Patrick Franken in 2014. That’s why I focused on what software could do, rather than building it myself, and went to get a background in Business Process Engineering (a bachelor’s program that teaches how business processes can be designed around software systems). However, at some point in time, I realized that I could never be better than other folks in programming.

Felix Plitzko: My dad is an electrical engineer and at an early age taught me how to program. When did you get involved with electronics manufacturing, hardware, and the maker community? Felix Plitzko Abate: You have a background in business.

Felix Plitzko (CEO and Co-Founder, AISLER) talks about his mission to bring next-generation professional electronics manufacturing services to designers in Europe and beyond. Designers around the globe are constantly seeking affordable, easy-to-use rapid prototyping and electronics manufacturing solutions.

Fritzing on raspberry pi