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Choosing the right Battery for your New Electronic Product [Long Guide]

December 16, 2020

A question many of our clients have asked us is, 'What type of battery should we use in our new electronic product?" And, in some cases, the answer is not obvious for buyers who struggle with choosing the right battery. The number and variety of cheap sensors available are now staggering. And keeping a physical object connected to the internet, or to a mobile phone's app, has gotten easier over the past 10 years. That has sparked the explosion of IoT devices. Those "smart" and "connected" … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Develop a New Electronic Product in China Tagged With: batteries, consumer electronics, electronic hardware products, lithium-ion batteries, manufacturing electronics, sourcing batteries, types of batteries

7 Typical Pitfalls for Hardware Startups Producing in China

December 19, 2019

Typical Pitfalls for Hardware Startups Producing in China

A few years ago, I remember reading about the Coolest Cooler, a nice product that raised an amazing amount of money on Kickstarter: over 6,000 people bought it for a total of 13 million USD!! Yet, they went bust leaving a lot of frustrated backers and interested onlookers scratching their heads as to where it all went wrong for one of the most famous hardware startups of recent times and indeed the most funded Kickstarter campaign of 2014. In this post, I'll explore what went wrong for them … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: cautionary tales, coolest cooler, crowdfunding, crowdfunding failures, developing new products, electronic hardware products, entrepreneurs, hardware startup, hardware startups, inventors, kickstarter, new product launch

Reliability Testing on Electronic Products in China: Don’t Skip It

August 29, 2019

Reliability Testing on Electronic Products in China: Don't Skip It

We have worked with many companies that have designed an electronic product and had it manufactured in China, yet they tend to have a common blind spot: running reliability testing on electronic products. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: electronic hardware products, manufacturing electronics, new product development, reliability testing, tips for importers

Manufacturing Electronics in Taiwan: A China Alternative?

May 23, 2019

Manufacturing Electronics in Taiwan: an Alternative to China

As the US-China trade war intensifies, many American importers are looking for alternatives. They often look at Vietnam, Thailand, Indonesia, India, Mexico, etc. But what about Taiwan? There is sometimes an opportunity to start sourcing products from there, especially in electronics. … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sourcing New Suppliers Tagged With: electronic hardware products, EMS, manufacturing electronics, odm, OEM, sourcing suppliers, taiwan, tariffs imported products China, Trade war, trump

Design Reviews on New Electronic Hardware Products – Q&A with an Expert

January 22, 2019

design reviews on new electronic hardware products

I had the chance to ask a few questions to John Teel, founder and lead engineer at Predictable Designs about design reviews on new electronic hardware products. He helps companies who are designing and developing new electronic hardware products. If you are not sure where to start, you can grab his 'cheat sheet' (15 steps for developing your electronic product). … [Read more...]

Filed Under: New Product Development Tagged With: electronic hardware products


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