Hardware development generally refers to the hardware development of electronic products. A visible physical electronic product development, such as what we call mobile phone, mouse, keyboard, audio, computer, smart watch, TV and other electronic products research and development, involving motherboard, CPU chip, power supply, circuit, internal and external interface, display screen, various components and so on R & D or embedded development, to provide capabilities for software applications.

Intelligent hardware is a technical concept after the smart phone, which transforms the traditional equipment through the combination of software and hardware, so that the traditional equipment has intelligent functions. Smart hardware development has extended from wearable devices to smart TVS, medical health, smart homes, smart cars, robots and other fields. It is an important part of the new generation of information technology and an important stage of development in the "information" era.

Hardware system refers to the physical equipment that constitutes the computer, that is, the physical components that are composed of mechanical, optical, electrical and magnetic devices with the functions of calculation, control, storage, input and output. Such as CPU, memory, floppy disk drive, hard disk drive, optical disk drive, host board, various cards and the whole machine in the host, display, printer, plotter, modem, etc., the whole machine hardware is also called "hard equipment".

In real life, we often hear some professional terms such as hardware development, intelligent hardware, hardware systems, but many people are not clear, always mixed concepts. Today, the hardware engineers of Mu Wo Technology will share with you what is hardware development, intelligent hardware, hardware system?

After understanding the definition of hardware development, let's take a look at the basic process of hardware development and hardware development cost accounting.

The basic process of hardware development: schematic design, circuit diagram design, PCB board design, test board production, functional testing, stability testing, single-chip microcomputer design, small batch production, formal market or mass production steps.

Hardware development cost accounting:

1. Development investment

The upfront investment in hardware products is generally large, and most companies spend a lot of time and money on product development. The development of the product needs to spend 100,000 to 500,000 yuan, and the development cycle usually takes about 6-9 months.

The development and production of hardware products requires at least one industrial designer, one structural engineer, one electronics engineer, and one assembly worker. It takes months to talk to customers, build prototypes and get them ready for final mass production.

2. BOM cost

When product development is complete, we will get a bill of materials, which is one of the essential costs of hardware development.

3. Sales cost

The cost of sales mainly includes the assembly cost of finished products, processing commission, advertising fee, scrap rate, tax, logistics cost, return and exchange cost, etc.

4. Fixed costs

Fixed cost is the part that needs to be spent once every time a new product is released, such as mold opening costs, certification costs, etc.

As a professional hardware development company, MVO Technology has its own specifications for hardware development and a set of completed development processes, and goes deep into the market, taps customer needs, combines software development with hardware development, deeply integrates the Internet of Things, the real economy and big data, and fundamentally improves the security, efficiency and convenience of product layout. It opens up new exploration for hardware development.