Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Design Software – Which One is Best for You?
Article Technical Rating: 7 out of 10 There are numerous software packages available for designing printed circuit boards (PCBs), too many in fact. That being said, there are three PCB design packages...
View ArticleWhat Type of Wireless is Right for Your Product: Bluetooth, Bluetooth...
Article Technical Rating: 8 out of 10 There are numerous wireless standards at your disposal when creating a new product. Each choice has its own set of advantages and disadvantages. It really depends...
View Article3 Reasons to Get a Second Opinion Design Review on Product Development
Article Technical Rating: 4 out of 10 When it comes to anything complex and critical a second opinion is always smart. Whether it’s a doctor saying you need brain surgery, or an engineer designing your...
View ArticleSave Big Money on Product Development – Get a Second Opinion Design Review
Article Technical Rating: 0 out of 10 When hiring an electrical engineer to develop your product there is a huge range in the price you can expect to pay. You may be able to find a student engineer or...
View ArticleMaking Your Printed Circuit Board (PCB) as Small as Possible
Article Technical Rating: 9 out of 10 When it comes to new hardware products many times smaller is better. This is especially true with wearable tech products and IoT (Internet of Things) products. One...
View ArticleTop 5 Mistakes on Printed Circuit Board (PCB) Designs
Article Technical Rating: 9 out of 10 (very technical) There are a few mistakes that I see over and over when it comes to hardware design. More specifically, I see errors with the design of the Printed...
View ArticleHow to Save Money and Reduce Risk Developing Your New Electronic Product
Article Technical Rating: 7 out of 10 Bringing a new electronic product to market is generally difficult, risky, and expensive. To succeed, and make it to eventual profitability, you need to focus your...
View ArticlePredictable Designs – Making Product Development More Predictable
Article Technical Rating: 0 out of 10 We recently changed our website and business name from Teel Engineering to Predictable Designs. We did this as part of our strategy to focus on providing...
View ArticleThe 4 Big Costs of Bringing a New Electronic Product to Market
Article Technical Rating: 5 out of 10 Most people drastically underestimate all of the costs required to take a physical product from concept to market. Not only do they typically underestimate the...
View Article5 Reasons Why Turnkey Product Development is a Bad Idea
As an entrepreneur, or small company, I know it’s tempting to hire a turnkey product design firm to completely develop your new product from start to finish. The less technical you are the more this is...
View ArticleHow to Escape Your Cubicle and Live the Dream Life
This article was originally published on Entrepreneur.com and has become my most popular article with nearly 8,000 social shares. I’ve been fortunate to live in some pretty amazing places. They...
View Article8 Blogs Hardware Startups Should Be Reading
This article is republished from Tech.co. Blogs written for entrepreneurs creating software products seem to be everywhere. It’s much harder to find blogs talking about developing a new hardware...
View Article3 Steps to Bring Your New Electronic Product to Market
This article was originally published on Entrepreneur.com. Develop a prototype, get it manufactured and start selling. Sounds simple enough, right? Nothing is simple about bringing a new physical...
View ArticleTop 25 Websites, Tools and Resources for Hardware Startups
This article was originally published on Entrepreneur.com. Article Technical Rating: 0 out of 10 (not at all technical) Life isn’t easy for entrepreneurs. Taking the path less traveled always makes for...
View Article4 Ways for Hardware Startups to Reduce Risk
This article was originally published on Entrepreneur.com. Article Technical Rating: 1 out of 10 Bringing a new hardware product to market is definitely not for those adverse to taking risk. Regardless...
View ArticleHow to Turn Your Electronics Project into a Sellable Product
Article Technical Rating: 8 out of 10 (pretty technical) Do you fantasize about developing a new electronic product and taking it to market? Perhaps your end goal is to make the world a better place...
View ArticleAdding GPS to Your Electronic Product (and How to Scale Up)
Article Technical Rating: 8 out of 10 (quite technical) In this article, which was published by Make: Magazine, I explain in detail how to add GPS to your new electronic product and how to scale it up...
View ArticleHow to Develop a Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE) Product
Article Technical Rating: 7 out of 10 (quite technical) In this article, which was published by Make: Magazine, I explain how to develop a new product that incorporates Bluetooth Low-Energy (BLE)...
View ArticleHow to Escape Your Cubicle and Live the Dream Life
This article was originally published on Entrepreneur.com. Article Technical Rating: 0 out of 10 (not at all technical) I’ve been fortunate to live in some pretty amazing places. They include a small...
View Article5 Reasons Why Turnkey Product Development is a Bad Idea
Article Technical Rating: 1 out of 10 As an entrepreneur, or small company, I know it’s tempting to hire a turnkey product design firm to completely develop your new product from start to finish. The...
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