Raspberry Pi Prototype Design to a Manufacturable Product

Raspberry Pi Prototype Design

The Raspberry Pi has enjoyed tremendous popularity, with over 25 million units sold by February 2019. Initially aimed at engaging school children and developing countries in computer science, it has expanded into commercial and industrial markets. In April 2014, the Raspberry Pi Foundation introduced the compute module for businesses and industrial users seeking a compatible hardware platform.

Utilizing standard design practices for hardware and integrated application software, like Arduino and Raspberry Pi, can significantly speed up rapid prototyping and reduce development time.

But what happens once you’ve completed your prototype ?
How do you turn your development hardware platform into a reproduceable & manufacturable product ?

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Raspberry Pi Prototype Design to a Manufacturable Product

BVM assists customers who have prototyped systems with Raspberry Pi but struggle to convert them into manufacturable products. We can help transform your prototype into a repeatable commercial product.

With over 30 years of experience in designing systems and creating bespoke OEM designs, we start by agreeing on the necessary specifications. Our electronic hardware engineers will develop the PCB layout while our mechanical engineering design team creates any required custom enclosures for packaging and connectivity.

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Moving from design to initial prototyping, we’ll deploy your application to demonstrate functionality, configure your chosen operating system, and conduct compliance testing for certification. With ‘design for manufacture’ in place, we also handle volume manufacturing, including functional testing, inspection, and packaging at our Southampton facilities.

As an ISO9001 registered company since 1995, BVM ensures reliable quality assurance practices to meet your needs.

Case Study: IoT Gateway Device
Raspberry Pi Compute Module 4 + BVM Custom Carrier Board

BVM Ltd were approached by a global OEM, responsible for producing monitoring & control devices to produce analytics via telemetry.  The client tasked BVM with designing and manufacturing a small IoT (Gateway) device for the purpose of monitoring systems for remote installations.

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Here’s a summary of the services we can supply to turn your hardware development platform into a reproduceable product for volume :-

BVM Provide:

• PCB and mechanical chassis designs via our in house CAD design facilities
• Cable design for internal connectivity
• Device assembly via our production facilities in Southampton, UK.
• Product functional testing  
• Component procurement & supply chain management (inclusive of end of life, last time buy and component replacement programs)
• Product serialisation & traceability services – batch, individual product and sub assembly level.  
• Product branding & packaging
• After sales support services