From Concept to Launch: What It Takes to Build and Ship a New Device

Embedded Artistry and Memfault are joining forces to host a quarterly embedded discussion panel that is focused on the technical aspects of building embedded systems at scale. We will be featuring guest panel members who are at the cutting edge of embedded development. Our goal is to spread beneficial techniques and practices throughout the industry.

Our fifth event is focused on What It Takes to Build and Ship a New Device. This discussion will be held on 1 June at 0900 PST. For this discussion, Phillip and Tyler will be joined by the venerable Elecia White, principal embedded software engineer, author of O’Reilly’s Making Embedded Systems, and host of the weekly Embedded.fm podcast.

Launching an IoT product is a complex process that requires more than just firmware development. One of the most significant challenges that companies face is ensuring that all of the necessary components are in place before the product can be shipped. This could involve building an OTA server, developing customer support flows for reporting bugs, implementing manufacturing tests, FCC testing, designing a release process, acquiring the necessary certifications, and more.  

Our panel of embedded engineering experts has decades of experience building complex IoT products for successful launches across different industries. They’ve seen and triaged countless issues and will provide you with insights they’ve learned throughout their careers. Join the discussion on June 1 and learn everything it takes to successfully ship a new embedded device.

You can sign up for the live event and find the recording on this page!

Written Answers

Some questions will be answered following the session in the Interrupt slack group. We will also post answers on our blog and link them here.

A Short One

The Raspberry Pi RP2040 has had very good availability since launch, but would the unencrypted external flash give you concern for a commercial product?

I wouldn’t be concerned for most products I’ve worked on. If you were concerned about the flash being unencrypted, you’d probably be driven to select different hardware to support the fact that you’re encrypting flash.

Further Reading

It’s hard to cover everything in a time-limited discussion! Our members can find more information on the topics we discussed in the Field Atlas. Recommended entries include:

Tyler mentioned a bootloader webinar during the discussion. Here’s a link to the webinar, as well as the corresponding Interrupt post:

Also, check out our previous panel discussions:

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