Minimum Viable Products

MVPs in the high-tech electronics sector must be able to accept significantly more challenges and meet more requirements than those for end-user products or apps. This is because, unlike in the consumer sector, it is always relevant in the high-tech context which standards a product must meet.

Electronic MVPs

It is not enough to focus solely on the functionality of MVPs. While this is often an essential part of the equation, in highly regulated industries such as rail, automotive, or defense, embedded systems must above all withstand the background requirements of safety, security, and longevity.

One of the first steps on the innovation journey is validating the idea. However, in regulated domains, the question of context is always the one that follows immediately. This may seem insignificant at first, but it's precisely this „diving headfirst into development“ that is one of the cardinal mistakes in MVP design for, for example, safety power supplies, railway signaling technology, Industry 4.0 hardware, or automotive control units.

MVP-Electronics can fulfill the following functions in a business context:

  • Development and Dev Boards
  • Trade show and customer demonstrators
  • Test equipment
  • Concept studies
  • Data logger
  • Platform Projects

MVP Best Practices

In the MVP context of embedded systems, it's not about developing complete series hardware immediately. Instead, simple hardware and software artifacts are specifically created to demonstrate functions, test interfaces, and identify integration risks early on. Typical practices include:

We are specifically using or developing

  • Breakout Boards
  • Evaluation Boards
  • Displays and HMIs
  • Demonstration software
  • Piggybacks and Hats
  • Carrier Boards
  • Development Kits
  • Interface Adapter
  • Stackable Boards
  • Backplanes
  • Flying structures
  • Mechanical Mockups and Enclosures
  • 3D printing for enclosures or mechanics
  • 3D Models
  • Renderings