https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/9f95e7d3-b50a-4b06-b4c5-07a1c50a6d6a Why does the Uni-T UTG9504T abitary function generator cost US$5800? A teardown and detailed BOM cost analysis of how much high end product designs costs, and the margins involved. Forum: https://www.eevblog.com/forum/blog/eevblog-1679-why-does-this-uni-t-awg-cost-$5800-bom-cost-analysis-458562/ 00:00 - Why does this Arbitrary Waveform Generator cost US$5800 ? 02:17 - 2.5x BOM Cost multiplier 03:02 - Teardown 06:02 - Power Supply 08:32 - Output stage design. What's with the shielding? 13:40 - That's some serious LC filtering 14:54 - The BIg Daddy FPGA 17:28 - BOM cost analysis spreadsheet 22:12 - The 2.5GS/s 14bit DAC is from WHO? 24:10 - The other DAC, to save some cost 25:43 - The drivers cost more than the DAC? 28:49 - Output stage cost on it's own? 29:59 - Metal work cost? 30:44 - Case plastics cost? 31:15 - LCD cost? 31:37 - Testing and calibration 31:50 - PCB Assembly cost? 33:12 - Non-Recuring Enginering NRE cost and Amortisation 35:14 - Test jigs 35:47 - Total BOM cost is... 37:10 - Dealer margins Web Site: http://www.eevblog.com Hardware Store: https://eevblog.store/ Merch Store: https://eevblog.dashery.com/ If you find my videos useful you may consider supporting the EEVblog on Patreon: http://www.patreon.com/eevblog Or with crypto: BTC: 33BsprBQNBtHuVzVwDmqWkpDjYnCouwASM ETH: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c BCH: 35n9KBPw9T7M3NGzpS3t4nUYEf9HbRmkm4 USDC: 0x68114e40ff4dcdd384750500501e20acf3875f8c LTC: MJfK57ujxy55su4XicVGQc9wcEJf6mAoXF Other channels: EEVblog2: http://www.youtube.com/EEVblog2 EEVdiscover: https://www.youtube.com/eevdiscover #ElectronicsCreators #teardown Wed, 15 Apr 2026 09:49:05 GMT https://validator.w3.org/feed/docs/rss2.html PeerTube - https://stream.echo6.co https://stream.echo6.co/client/assets/images/icons/icon-512x512.png https://stream.echo6.co/videos/watch/9f95e7d3-b50a-4b06-b4c5-07a1c50a6d6a All rights reserved, unless otherwise specified in the terms specified at https://stream.echo6.co/about and potential licenses granted by each content's rightholder.