This guide is written specifically for entrepreneurs, startups, inventors, and small businesses innovating new electronic hardware products. ... read more
The ESP32 looks like the perfect chip.
You get Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, dual-core processing, plenty of memory and peripherals… and it’s dirt cheap.
It’s also everywhere — from DIY maker projects to full-scale commercial products. It’s one of the most popular … read more
Wireless is one of those things that makes or breaks a product. Your PCB can be designed perfectly for functionality, but if the wireless doesn’t work reliably, your product is dead in the water.
So in this article, I’m going … read more
Just because you’ve got a working prototype doesn’t mean your design is ready for production.
I saw this when I was a chip designer at Texas Instruments. A new engineer was bragging to me that his latest design worked perfectly … read more
Certification testing is already time-consuming and expensive, and that’s assuming you pass the first time.
But if your product fails, it can quickly spiral into redesigns, extra testing fees, and long delays.
I’ve seen plenty of designs that were fully … read more
Nearly everyone drastically underestimates the cost required to develop, scale, and manufacture a new electronic product.
This is one of the main reasons so many hardware startups ultimately fail.
Without knowing all of the various expenses, you’ll either run out … read more
The biggest danger when launching a product isn’t a bad idea, lack of funding, or not having the right skills. It’s overconfidence. ... read more
Watch two engineers battle to design two ESP32 PCBs in only 1 hour! ... read more
We are going to compare three different manufacturing strategies: offshore, domestic, and hybrid manufacturing. ... read more
Read the previous part of my story about my product being on store shelves for the first time.
I had bootstrapped my product to being for sale on shelves in over a 100 retail stores!
My product was a miniature … read more
Read the previous part of my story about how I got a manufacturer to invest over $100k in my project.
Seeing my product on the shelf in the first store was a very exciting moment for me!
But the sales … read more
The STM32 is a popular family of 32-bit microcontrollers from ST Microelectronics which are all based on ARM Cortex-M architectures.
But it’s a huge family that includes numerous variants.
In fact, Digikey shows 3,954 different STM32 microcontroller versions available!
This … read more
In this video you’ll learn to design a schematic and PCB layout for a switching regulator without the overwhelm of trying to understand the complex fundamentals of how they work.… read more
There’s a new technology that is a total game changer when it comes to developing and manufacturing a new product on a limited budget.
In fact, I’d call this new technology “Earth-shattering” for entrepreneurs, startups, and smaller companies developing a … read more
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