Engineers Survey | Using Open Hardware

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* 1. What best describes your field of engineering?

Mechanical Engineering

Electronics Engineering

Industrial Design

Other (please specify)

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* 2. How do you normally use open source hardware designs to support new product development?

For idea generation, or inspiration.

To see how a product is engineered, in order to model new CAD files to include in your own product designs.

For directly including “part” CAD files into your product designs.

For directly including “sub-assembly” CAD files into your product designs.

Other (please specify)

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* 3. How often do you normally use open source hardware designs to support product development?

Daily

Weekly

Monthly

Other (please specify)

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* 4. At what stage do you normally use open source hardware designs to support product development?

Research and conceptualization

Proof of concept prototype

Looks-like prototype

Works-like prototype

Engineering prototype

Other (please specify)

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* 5. Within what field of engineering do you use open source hardware designs to develop new products?

Aerospace

Biomedical

Energy

Consumer electronics

Robotics

Telecommunication

Transportation

Embedded systems

Other (please specify)

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* 6. What main challenge do you encounter when trying to use open source hardware designs?

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* 7. Within what context do you use open source hardware designs?

For my professional work

As a hobbyist maker

As a student

Other (please specify)

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* 8. About you

Name

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