Ultimate Guide: How to Develop and Prototype a New Electronic Hardware Product in 2024
This guide is written specifically for entrepreneurs, startups, inventors, and small businesses innovating new electronic hardware products. ... read more
This guide is written specifically for entrepreneurs, startups, inventors, and small businesses innovating new electronic hardware products. ... read more
The ESP32 is a popular family of wireless microcontroller chips developed by the Chinese chip maker Espressif.
It’s a very affordable solution for use in commercial products especially considering its high level of performance and extensive features.
The Espressif ESP … read more
Customer demand for smart homes just keeps growing, and home automation devices are central to controlling any home environment.
Yet, there is an ever-increasing complexity added when multiple devices begin to connect to your smart home.
Want to open the … read more
By the end of 2020, industrial customers made up 44% of Raspberry Pi global sales, which at the time totalled around 15 million dollars.
The Raspberry Pi Compute Modules were in fact developed to meet the needs of commercial electronic … read more
The Raspberry Pi was never designed to be embedded into new products, and the original goal was only to be educational.
A normal Raspberry Pi is not generally a good choice for use in mass produced products due to its … read more
Bootstrapping your startup simply means that you self-fund it using your own savings, credit cards, and bank loans.
Although it also commonly includes money from friends and family.
To put it simply, I always recommend that you bootstrap your startup … read more
The ESP32 is a popular wireless microcontroller from Chinese chipmaker Espressif.
It incorporates a high-performance 32-bit microcontroller core (also available as a dual core) coupled with a wireless radio that supports WiFi and Bluetooth connectivity.
One of my favorite things … read more
This article is an introduction to very simple electronic circuits. I’ve kept this introductory article as simple as possible for readers that are new to electronics. ... read more
If you are developing an electronics product, but you aren’t an electrical engineer, this article is for you. It provides an overview of all the basic electronic principles you need to understand in order to effectively manage your hardware startup. ... read more
The Raspberry Pi, like the Arduino, was never intended to be used for new product development, and it was developed originally for educational purposes.
The standard Raspberry Pi is usually not ideal for use in mass production primarily due to … read more
In this article I review all of the hardware details for the Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense, which is a great development board to use for a Proof-of-Concept prototype.
First, let me break down that name a bit for you.… read more
Since its launch in 2005, the well-known open-source electronic prototyping platform Arduino has enabled creators, hobbyists, and business owners to turn their concepts into working prototypes.
Arduino was never intended to be a new product development platform, and it was … read more
There are lots of ways to sell and distribute a new physical hardware product, and each option has its own advantages and disadvantages.
Making the right choice will depend on various factors like your product itself, your product’s retail price, … read more
Arduino is one of the most popular open-source electronics platforms that offers a range of microcontroller boards, tools, and accessories for creating interactive projects and digital gadgets.
Due to its popularity among hobbyists, academics, and professionals, Arduino boards are made … read more
In this video you will learn about the most critical cost that you must understand in order to successfully develop and sell a new electronic product.… read more
There are lots of different electronic development kits available today that can be used to build an early proof-of-concept prototype for a new product.
The most popular choices are Arduino, Raspberry Pi, ESP32, and STM32. There are other boards like … read more
There are various different options for getting a new product developed and prototyped. The best option for you depends on your skills, your team, your product, your patience, and of course your budget.
In this video I break it all … read more
A common question I get is whether or not it’s possible to use a Raspberry Pi board inside a commercial product that will be mass manufactured?
But more importantly, the question you should be asking is should you use one … read more
Many new product innovators mistakenly think that once they have a working prototype all of the hard work is done and the money will soon start rolling in.
I wish it was that easy, and that you could easily jump … read more
In this video you’ll learn about the three fundamental types of certifications required to sell most new electronic products:
– RF Emissions (FCC)
– Safety (UL)
– Environmental (RoHS, etc)… read more
Some of the questions I’ll answer in this video include:
Can an Arduino be used in a commercial product?
Should an Arduino be used in a commercial product?
If not, then why not, and how do you migrate from Arduino … read more
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