If your device contains patentable ideas, I would really encourage you not to have someone in China or elsewhere out of country do it for you, otherwise any IP you may have in it may well be gone right away.
It is definitely the better idea to look up local electronics design and assembly companies and have them do the work for you. Not only are they going to be in the same timezone as you are and will generally turn out to be much more responsive with regards to modifications and problems than someone abroad. Especially if you go with small businesses, your project is going to be much more relevant to them in turns of money in comparison to their total earnings, so you will be much more important to them than you would be to a large design and assembly company.
Just look up a few in the yellow pages, have a chat with them and go with the one(s) that you feel you are on the same "wavelength" on.
Also, you can sign Non Disclosure Agreements with them, which are much easier to enforce because only your local laws apply.
In sevreal european countries including Germany, The Netherlands and I believe also Austria, newer GPS-Travelpilot systems (2yrs+) are compatible with a system called TMC. It is based on, regional radio stations broadcasting a stream of digital data along with their regular audio programme. You don't hear it (just like you don't lear the RDS station identifier code) and you don't need to subscribe to anything either.
The travelpilot is interfaced with your car stereo and reads the TMC sigal out of the incoming radio broadcasts, even if you are currently tuned to a different station or listening to CD/Tape/MP3/MD or have your radio turned off. This data is then interpreted by the travelpilot to guide you around closed roads or congested areas without you having to actively do anything. However most systems will inform you that there is a traffic jam ahead and that it is guiding you around it.
It also works when the travelpilot is in Map-mode (no guidance, just display a map of where you are). My Blaupunkt TravelPilot shows me a map of the area I'm driving in. If it sees a gongested area near me it will highlight it on the map so I can avoid it by myself.
The only downside is that presently, radio-stations don't always do a perfect job at keeping their data up-to-date...
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If your device contains patentable ideas, I would really encourage you not to have someone in China or elsewhere out of country do it for you, otherwise any IP you may have in it may well be gone right away.
It is definitely the better idea to look up local electronics design and assembly companies and have them do the work for you. Not only are they going to be in the same timezone as you are and will generally turn out to be much more responsive with regards to modifications and problems than someone abroad.
Especially if you go with small businesses, your project is going to be much more relevant to them in turns of money in comparison to their total earnings, so you will be much more important to them than you would be to a large design and assembly company.
Just look up a few in the yellow pages, have a chat with them and go with the one(s) that you feel you are on the same "wavelength" on.
Also, you can sign Non Disclosure Agreements with them, which are much easier to enforce because only your local laws apply.
For more information about the system and its possibilities that I only outlined in my post, feel free to go here: http://www.tmcforum.com/
:)
Have fun!
In sevreal european countries including Germany, The Netherlands and I believe also Austria, newer GPS-Travelpilot systems (2yrs+) are compatible with a system called TMC.
It is based on, regional radio stations broadcasting a stream of digital data along with their regular audio programme. You don't hear it (just like you don't lear the RDS station identifier code) and you don't need to subscribe to anything either.
The travelpilot is interfaced with your car stereo and reads the TMC sigal out of the incoming radio broadcasts, even if you are currently tuned to a different station or listening to CD/Tape/MP3/MD or have your radio turned off. This data is then interpreted by the travelpilot to guide you around closed roads or congested areas without you having to actively do anything. However most systems will inform you that there is a traffic jam ahead and that it is guiding you around it.
It also works when the travelpilot is in Map-mode (no guidance, just display a map of where you are). My Blaupunkt TravelPilot shows me a map of the area I'm driving in. If it sees a gongested area near me it will highlight it on the map so I can avoid it by myself.
The only downside is that presently, radio-stations don't always do a perfect job at keeping their data up-to-date...
If you look at the high-res product image, you will also see the sticker on the top of the WAP saying "54 Mbps"
Maybe Linksys ougha look for cosmetics like that before they release something new *g*