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Managing Your Hardware Project, Something You
should Know: From Concept, Design,
Prototype to Tooling
ABSTRACT
Dennis is industrial design background with more than 20 years experiences in product design, product management, prototyping & tooling industry. Co-founder of METRO PRODUCTS, the core of the company is to offer hardware & software integration for global startups & crowdfunding team. An end-to-end solution from design, prototype, tooling all the way to shipping.
In this sharing, it will cover 3 major sections including: Product management, Design & Manufacturing. Dennis will share some techniques the hardware startups must know before kicking off their projects or crowdfunding campaigns. By taking advantages of these keycodes you will have basic knowledge to manage the projects you are working on. Although hardware is hard but there still exists some guideline to follow, keeping your project always on track.
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SECTION 1PROJECT
MANAGEMENT
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EVTPOCConcept DVT PVT MP
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Hardware Development Process
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Hardware Development Process
Test It
A Unique Idea
Proof Concept Ship It
Produce It
CONCEPT & PROOF OF CONCEPT DESIGN, ENGINEERING, MANUFACTURING & PRODUCTION
POC Proof of Concept
Design It
MP Mass Production
EVT Engineering Verification TestDVT Design Verification TestPVT Production Verification Test
EVTPOCConcept DVT PVT MP
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Hardware Development Takes Time
Hit stores
EMS / FATP
Electronic Engineering
Kick-off
Concept
Industrial DesignMechanical EngineeringPrototypingTooling
45 days
30 days
270 – 300 Days
45 days
15 days
90 days
30 Days
45 Days
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PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Me Too Product Is a Trap
Project Kick-off
Product Launch
10 – 12 Months
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Why Failed in Hardware Crowdfunding
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No POCbefore
Crowdfunding
Cost Underestimation
Schedule Underestimation
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Keep Improve Until It Works
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Please google“dyson 5127”
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Design Iteration
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Design Iteration
TestDesign Debug Redesign TestAgain
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Advantages to Choose Taiwan as Partner
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IP Protection
ProductQuality
GuaranteeQuality
R&D Support
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >After Crowdfunded
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Get More Orders
from Channels
GetA-round from VCs
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SECTION 2PRODUCT
DESIGN
PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Concept
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Design Thinking / Brainstorming
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Spec. Define
Specification define for application scenarios
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Sketch
ID / Sketch
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Sketch
ID / Sketch
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / 3D Modeling
ID / 3D Modeling
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Rendering
ID / Rendering, Color/Material/Finish Simulation
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Mechanical engineering
ME / Mechanical Engineering
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Prototyping
CNC Prototyping / Soft-tooling
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Hard-tooling
Hard tooling for plastic injection
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Plastic injection
Plastic injection
PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Assembly
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Assembly in EMS
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PRODUCT DESIGN >Case study / Hit store
Mission complete!
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Sales manager Dennis preparing all stuffs for
meeting with customers
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Product design must be as light & slim as
possible for salesman.
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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This is a three-person meeting, ipad
projector is handy.
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Switching to a larger conference room,
using office projector.
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Design sketches started
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Building 3D CAD
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Considering variety of design requirements
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Design Solution 1
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Design Solution 2
PRODUCT DESIGN >iPad Projector
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Demo Board forfunction test &
debug
Making PCB Layout &
PCB Assembly
Adding ID Enclosure
MakingPrototype
s
STEP 1 STEP 2 STEP 3 STEP 4
PRODUCT DESIGN >Make Demo Board
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SECTION 3PRODUCT
MANUFACTURING
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CMF: Color, Material & Finish for prototype cosmetic
PRODUCT MANUFACTURING >Prototyping
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PRODUCT MANUFACTURING >Prototyping
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• CNC machining part by part
• Higher quality / high cost• Long lead-time
• Lower cost v.s. CNC milled
• Less mechanical strength
• 20 sets life-cycle limitation
• High quality consistency• High investment, low unit
cost• High productivity• Ready to shipping
PRODUCT MANUFACTURING >Small Batch Samples
CNC-milled Soft-tooling Hard-tooling
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PRODUCT MANUFACTURING >Tooling management
Mold material
Cavity
Resinmaterial
Finishing
Gate
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PRODUCT MANUFACTURING >Tooling management
Mold material
Cavity
Resinmaterial
Finishing
Gate
Single cavity
Multi-cavityFamily mold
P20NAK80
STAVAX420
ABSPC/ABSPMMA
Glossy
FlatMatte
Direct In-direct
Pin-point
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PRODUCT MANUFACTURING >Tooling & injection
Multi-cavity
Family mold
Single cavity
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Inspection Criteria
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MIMinor Defect
MAMajor Defect
CRCritical Defect
Color discrepancy, or typo…
Scratch on product surface…
Might possibly injure the user…
Good quolity
PROJECT MANAGEMENT >Inspection Method
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Inspecting the object in a distance of 45cm,
no longer than 7-sec.
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SECTION 4PORTFOLI
OS
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PORTFOLIOS
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PORTFOLIOS
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PORTFOLIOS
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PORTFOLIOS
PORTFOLIOS
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PORTFOLIOS
Industrial Design / Mechanical Engineering
Industrial design is to create and integrate design solutions from the challenges of functionality, form, usability, ergonomics, marketing, sustainability, engineering and manufacturing. Our highly creative design team considers user-friendly solutions with a variety of integrated colors, materials, finishing techniques that can be applied for sales strategy and marketing demand.
PORTFOLIOS
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Design Portfolios
• Technology• Medical / Healthcare• Stationary / Gift• Home Appliance• Kitchen Ware
PORTFOLIOS
Design Portfolios
• Technology• Medical / Healthcare• Stationary / Gift• Home Appliance• Kitchen Ware
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PORTFOLIOS
Prototyping
Concepts or ideas are fabricated for the feasibility and to verify potential use from state of the art technics and tools including: CNC, 3D printers, laser cutting, soft tooling, NCT…etc. We incorporate built up plastic or metal material enclosures with a variety of cosmetic techniques from: painting, chrome, dyeing, printing, vacuum plating, laser etching and many others.
PORTFOLIOS
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Prototyping Portfolios
• Technology• Medical / Healthcare• Stationary• Home Appliance• Kitchen Ware
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PORTFOLIOS
Tooling & Plastic Injection
Plastic Injection molding is a manufacturing process for producing parts by injecting plastic material into a tooling. Injection molding can be performed with a host of materials, including metals and most commonly thermoplastic resins. Materials for the part or parts are fed into a heated barrel, then mixed and forced into a mold cavity. After cooling, it hardens to the configuration of the cavity or mold.
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PORTFOLIOS
Electronic Engineering PCB Layout / PCBA SMT / Small Batch Production
PCB requires the additional design effort to lay out the circuit, but manufacturing and assembly can be automated. Manufacturing circuits with PCB is more efficient than other wiring methods as components are mounted and wired with one single part. A PCB populated with electronic components is called printed circuit board assembly or PCB assembly (PCBA). Our EMS, (Electronic Manufacturing Service) partner are equipped to facilities and satisfy all your demands from small batch samples of early stage in engineering validation, to large quantity mass-production in later stage.
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PORTFOLIOS
21F.-2, No.7, Sec. 3, New Taipei Blvd., Xinzhuang Dist., New
Taipei City 242, Taiwan (R.O.C.)
+886 2 8522 8028 EXT.20
Dennis You+886 917627318
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