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  Preliminary Design & Proof of Concept

We are able to perform the initial steps required to define a product, or build a demonstration model to prove (or disprove) a key concept. These efforts are accomplished quickly and at a low cost, which makes good financial sense in the initial stages of a project when investors and management requires a good handle on the costs and minimized risks.

Preliminary Designs

This is the method we use to provide comprehensive and realistic bids for a project. We spend a week doing the top level design of the hardware, software, and packaging. This identifies all the major components from which substantiated costs and schedules are created. The effort is cost effective as we only charge typically $5000 for a typical embedded product.  The Preliminary Design provides the following:

  • Detailed block diagram of hardware design, showing all significant components;
  • A structured outline of all the software components in the system;
  • Explanatory text that describes the functionality of all components;
  • Chart that shows a cost matrix of each component purchased in a range of quantities;
  • Project schedule that includes all resources required to complete a prototype run, the cost and identification of each resource, and a fixed price bid.

 

Proof of Concept models

There are several situations where it makes sense to implement a demonstration of a key concept before proceeding with the full scale product development. We have used demonstration boards that are available from various chip manufacturers, and successfully enhanced the board and software in order to demonstrate and prove a design concept.

  • Demonstration of key functionality is helpful to round up investors.
  • Proof that a concept works reduces the risk. On the other hand, proof that a concept does not work will avoid losing money.
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