(2010-10-11) Hardware Lean Startup

A case study in applying Lean Startup thinking to an Embedded Hardware product. Every industry on Earth is currently undergoing a disruption that is causing it to move along both axes: more uncertainty and faster cycle times. I am aware of no industries that are moving "backwards" on either dimension. Thus, more and more industries are starting to look like the software business... Tools to develop hardware get better and cheaper. Open Source Hardware projects like Arduino and Super Collider make Iterative hardware development cheaper and faster than ever. We learned that connecting the ProtoType-s to PCs and using the PC to run the program is a very good way to test hardware (developing on a PC is still much faster than embedded developing on a standalone hardware device)... New cheap flashable Micro Controller-s make Firm Ware updates possible for low cost hardware.