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639 points CTOSian | 1 comments | 26 Aug 25 17:22 UTC | HN request time: 0.206s | source

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Let's do the math for a raspberry pi sized board:

Dimensions: 85 mm x 56 mm

Area: 4760 mm^2 or 7.38 in^2

Copper: 4 x 1oz layers

Copper Weight: 0.205 oz = 0.013lb

Copper price: 0.013 * $4.50/lb = $0.0585

And that doesn't include the copper removed by etching. So if they paid a 6c tariff on each raspberry pi board, they'd be overpaying.

Can they generate a certificate claiming each board contains no more than this amount of copper, overpay the tariff by a few pennies, and carry on?

1. adgjlsfhk1 ◴[26 Aug 25 19:22 UTC] No.45031020[source]▶

only if they pay a few thousand dollars to certify that for every single board they sell.

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