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So, youve chosen a smart product concept to develop. You may even have a mental picture of
how it should look. However, you also know that smart product design and development involve
an understanding of several key factors: electronics placement, user experience, physical design
considerations, and cost. Here are a few tips to take into consideration when designing your
smart product concept.
Tip Smart Products must be designed from the eyes of the consumer
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component with the others. Returning to the example above, if creating a product with both speaker and
microphone, the two components must be far enough apart to not pick up sound from one another. Or, if
placing magnetic sensors on a product too close to a Bluetooth device, the magnets could interfere with
how the device functions.
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The importance of integrated cross-platform
testing
Since smart products are larger than their physical dimension and span both
the tangible and virtual, it is important to test both areas, as well as the
alignment between them.
An IoT prototype is essential for creating a real-life experience in which to test
your new IoT product. An IoT Prototype consists of a combination of a
tangible electronic prototype and a smart testing application.
The IoT Prototype lets you test the app and debug it quickly and easily,
eliminating the need to work with the actual hardware or electronics. A testing
application that connects to your prototype enables you to test the smart
features and better understand how they will perform in real life. Especially
given the unfamiliarity with the Internet of Things and smart product
development, it is essential to ensure that the products performance meets
requirements and its features perform as expected.
The combination of an IoT Prototype and a smart testing application allows for
the right validation process, empowers you to make the right business
decisions, and gives you assurance that you have designed the experience you
were striving for: a standout product that excites your target audience and
encourages sales growth.
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Decided to go smart?
Build your smart application rst!
Upgrading your products to smart products requires tapping into a new world
of software, rmware and application coding. It not only involves applications,
but also the combining of hardware components with electronics.
When starting to build smart products, a whole new set of skills and expertise
is required. Customers often ask themselves,
Moreover, manufacturers must bring on board not only new internal skills,
but also new vendors and factories, as well as engaging with labs and meeting
regulations.
How will you identify the perfect PCB factory for your smart components?
How will you successfully communicate, track and manage the production
process?
Production for a smart product is nothing like the manufacturing cycle of a
traditional product.
The IoT production process requires navigating across third-party distributors,
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diverse technologies, complex processes and new product architectures.
In order to develop your smart application - a web or mobile application that is
connected and operated in alignment with smart components embedded in your
smart products - you will need to hire two developers:
By this stage youll have your electronic smart features selected and tested;
from now on, youll have to focus all your efforts on bringing everything
together to form one intelligent product that can communicate with the virtual
world.
This process involves extensive preparations which, if not managed correctly,
will result in signicant gaps in expectations between the manufacturer and all
the other vendors involved.
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component with the other and the exact manufacturing instructions for the
PCB factory;
3. Firmware - the software that will be burned on the MCU Processor.
While production plans are forming, it is important to search for the ideal
assembly factory: The factory that will receive your electronics requirements
and assemble them on the PCB on the production line.
When engaging a PCBA factory, there are a few main considerations to note:
Seebo offers an end-to-end IoT Platform that will get you to market fast,
safely and at the lowest cost per unit. Our professional team will guide you
through the process and manage it for you from start to nish.