SERVICES Product | Prototype | Engineering | Made-to-order | YouTuber Special
━━ FOR KICKSTARTERS, INVESTORS AND MARKET TESTS
PROTOTYPE
DESIGN &
DEVELOPMENT
A working unit for your Kickstarter or pitch.
We plan, design and build a fully working unit you can put in front of backers or investors. When the funding lands, we finish it as a product.
RATE
$100/hr
Billed weekly for hours worked
TYPICAL PROJECT
$25K–$50K
Labor only. Parts quoted separately
PHASES
1 – 3
Architecture to working prototype
YOU END WITH
Working unit
Fully functional, ready to show
WHAT’S INCLUDED
Everything up to a working unit.
The first three phases. Come back after funding and we finish it as a product.
01
Architecture
2–4 wks
Design requirements
Architecture & planning
02
Design
2–4 wks
Electrical design
Mechanical design
Firmware & software
Discipline testing
03
Prototype
2–4 wks
Integration build
Integrated testing
04
Product
6–10 wks
Design revisions
Release build
Acceptance testing (ATP)
Qualification testing (QTP)
Life-cycle testing
Certification support
Color = included Grey ✕ = not part of this service
HOW IT RUNS
Hardware takes time. Here’s how much.
You can stop after any phase and keep everything we’ve made so far.
01
Architecture
2–4 weeks
We capture your requirements, then plan the whole build before anything is designed.
→ Signed requirements document
→ Architecture & project plan
02
Design
2–4 weeks, in parallel
Electrical, mechanical and firmware are designed and tested on their own, side by side.
→ Schematics & board files
→ Enclosure CAD
→ Firmware source code
03
Prototype
2–4 weeks
Everything comes together in one working unit, tested against your requirements.
→ Working prototype
→ Integrated test results
04
Product
6–10 weeks + life-cycle
Revised, built as a release version and put through acceptance, stress and life-cycle testing.
→ Manufacturing files
→ ATP & QTP reports
→ Certification support
✓ Free estimate, no obligation ✓ Reply within 48 hours ✓ Designed for certification ✓ Tested so your customers don’t have to
BEFORE IT SHIPS
Proven on the bench, ready for the lab.
TESTING
Tested for a year, so your customers don’t have to.
After release we keep units running on the bench for up to a year, finding the failures that only show up with time.
CERTIFICATION
Designed to pass.
We design for certification from day one and work with licensed labs to get your product certified.
We aren’t a certification house, so we can’t issue FCC, UL or similar marks ourselves. The lab does that; we get you ready and see it through.
NOT THE RIGHT FIT?
Other ways to work with us.
Every service is the same process, stopped at a different point.
Engineering
Have a plan? Rent the skill you’re missing.
Design only, by the hour
FROM $3K
Made-to-order
One machine, built right.
Test rigs and in-house machines
$6K–$35K
See Made-to-order →
YouTuber Special
Your next video’s hardware, for a shout-out.
Creator rate
$1.8K–$10K
See YouTuber Special →
Labor only. Parts and manufacturing are quoted separately.