04/08/26 Tue 8:01am
What Is Electronic Product Planning?
- Strategic process of transforming ideas into electronic products
- Involved Technical, market, and manufacturing planning
- Crucial for innovation and business success
Stages in Product Planning
- Idea generation
- feasibility study
- specification development
- design & prototyping
- Testing and Validation
- Manufacturing plan
- Product launch
Market Research and Identifying Needs
- Understand customer problems and gaps in the market
- Methods: surveys, interviews, Online trends
- Example: Demand for affordable IoT home devices
Feasibility Study
- Technical: Can we build it?
- Financial: Is it Profitable?
- Legal: Are there regulatory barriers?
- Environmental: Are we being eco-friendly?
Defining Product Specs
- look from slides
Standards and Their Full Forms
CE
RoHS
ISO
FCC
Prototyping and Validation
- Build MVP (minimum viable product)
- breadboard or custom pcb prototypes
- test, emi, power, duraibtity, thermal
- use feedback for iteration
Manufacturing and Production Planning
- BOM ( bill of materials )
- selecting components and suppliers
- SMT/THT (surface mount / through hole)
- QC (quality control) assembly line setup
Product Launch & Life Cycle
- Launch strategy ( online retail beta)
- collect user feedback
- Plan updates or next-gen product
- Manage end - of life ( EOL ) and recycling.
insert ras-pi vs arduino argument from slides
Case Study / Student Activity
- Explain Raspberry Pi/ Arduino board design scaling and application.
- Design a plan for a smart home sensor.