Connected consumer and professional products

Products where unit cost, certification and industrial design all constrain the board at the same time.

BLE / Wi-FiPre-certified modulesCost-downEnclosure fitVolume DFM

Evidence

What we can substantiate

Everything below is work we have actually done, described at a level that respects the client’s confidentiality. If you need detail, ask under NDA.

  • Module or chip-down, decided on numbers Pre-certified module premium against design-in NRE and certification, at your actual volume
  • Radio that passes first time Antenna keep-outs and ground plane agreed with the mechanical design, not after it
  • Cost engineering BOM reduction with the second-source position kept intact
  • Enclosure and board together Board outline, connector positions and thermal path resolved as one problem

Common questions

Straight answers

Should I use a pre-certified radio module or design the chip in?

It is a volume question with a crossover point. A module costs several euros more per unit but removes radio certification, antenna tuning and a large slice of engineering risk. Chip-down is cheaper per unit and costs tens of thousands in NRE and certification. Below a few thousand units a year the module almost always wins; above it, the arithmetic flips. We will tell you which side of the line you are on even when the answer is "buy the module".

Got a board to design — or one that won’t boot?

You talk to the engineer who would do the work. Reply within one business day, and we’ll sign your NDA before you go into detail.