What is custom control board development?
When customers present functional requirements or concepts, companies create control boards specifically tailored to meet their needs by combining software, hardware circuits, and industrial design.
With the continuous development of computer technology, the application of control boards has expanded to various fields, including home appliance control boards, medical equipment control boards, industrial control boards, communication control boards, motor control boards, and digital power control boards. Typically, these devices’ control boards are composed of standard products or modified based on existing products. However, control boards assembled from standard products often have many flaws in functionality, such as exceeding customer requirements and causing cost waste, and industrial computers cannot meet customer application needs.
As a result, standard embedded industrial computer control boards do not effectively meet customer demands in terms of cost-effectiveness. Additionally, customer self-development poses certain risks, development costs, and time-to-market issues, leading to the emergence of customized mainboards.
Then, what benefits can customized mainboards bring to customer projects?
Here are some detailed benefits of using custom control boards for customers’ projects:
Tailored to specific requirements:
Custom control boards are designed and manufactured to meet the unique specifications and requirements of the customer’s project. This ensures optimal compatibility, functionality, and performance.
Enhanced system integration:
Custom control boards can be seamlessly integrated into the overall system architecture, allowing for smooth communication and coordination between various components and subsystems.
Size and space optimization:
Custom control boards can be designed with compact form factors, allowing for efficient utilization of space within the project. This is particularly beneficial in applications with limited space constraints.
Improved functionality:
Custom control boards can incorporate specific features, interfaces, and capabilities that are tailored to the customer’s project needs. This enables enhanced functionality, specialized processing, and specific control requirements.
Cost-effectiveness:
Although custom control boards may have upfront design and manufacturing costs, they can lead to cost savings in the long run. By eliminating unnecessary components and optimizing the design for the specific application, custom boards can reduce overall system costs and improve efficiency.
Faster time to market:
With custom control boards, development cycles can be streamlined as the design is focused on meeting the specific project requirements. This results in reduced time to market, allowing customers to launch their products or projects more quickly.
Intellectual property protection:
Custom control boards offer an added layer of intellectual property protection. The unique design and functionality of the board can help safeguard the customer’s proprietary technology and prevent unauthorized replication.
Scalability and future-proofing:
Custom control boards can be designed with scalability in mind, allowing for future expansion and upgrades. This ensures that the customer’s project can adapt and grow as needed, saving costs and effort in the long term.
Quality and reliability:
Custom control boards can be built with high-quality components and undergo thorough testing and quality control processes. This ensures reliability, longevity, and consistent performance of the customer’s project.
Technical support and collaboration:
Working with a manufacturer to create custom control boards often involves close collaboration and technical support. This partnership can result in valuable expertise, guidance, and troubleshooting assistance throughout the project’s lifecycle.
By leveraging the advantages of custom control boards, customers can achieve optimized performance, cost-efficiency, flexibility, and a competitive edge in their projects.
The process of custom control board development.
• Analysis of product functional requirements and technical feasibility.
• Development of a technical roadmap.
• Proposal of technical recommendations,
including detailed technical roadmap, development process plan, development cost estimation, and product cost budget.
• Hardware development process:
circuit schematic design, PCB layout design, circuit board manufacturing, prototype fabrication and debugging.
• Software development process:
customization and porting of operating system software, development and debugging of driver programs, development and debugging of application programs.
• Commercialization process:
industrial design (appearance, structure, casing design), EMC stability testing, circuit schematic and PCB optimization, prototype testing to meet functional requirements.
• Technical documentation:
product circuit schematics, PCB layouts, bill of materials (BOM) for components, hardware technical data, software technical data, industrial design mechanical drawings.
• Mass production:
- Small-scale trial production: manufacturing and testing of production tools, feedback on trial usage, circuit schematic and PCB optimization.
- Mass production: standardization of manufacturing and testing tooling documentation, finalization and archiving of circuit schematics and PCB layouts for mass-producible prototypes, finalization and archiving of component BOM, finalization and archiving of hardware and software technical documentation, finalization and archiving of industrial design mechanical drawings.
SuperPCBA has many years of experience in custom control board development. Our research and development team consists of over 30 engineers, and we have a technical service team composed of more than 10 testing and technical engineers. We also have our own production base and two SMT production lines. We can provide tailored and cost-effective embedded customization solutions according to your specific needs and offer comprehensive technical services. Contact us now to customize your control board!
