I’m considering creating a new revision of my automatic temperature controller for smokers and sous vide. Like my previous controller, the design and software will be complete open source; I have no plans (or desire) to build or manufacture them myself.
However, it would be nice to get some funding to defray the development costs and maybe even get paid for my time. Is it reasonable to put this on a crowd-funding site? If so, which one would you recommend? I’d prefer Kickstarter largely because I’m a member and have a tiny bit of familiarity with it.
Any other advice? E.g. what could I do to encourage people to back a project with no physical product in return?