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33 articles filed under Product Development.
Section 232 Semiconductor Tariffs 2026: What Hardware Founders Must Check on the BOM
A 25 percent Section 232 duty on specified advanced computing chips and certain derivative Covered Products took effect January 15, 2026. Here is what exemptions, CBP headings, and prototype-to-quote timing mean for hardware founders who buy or specify chips, modules, or boards.
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EU Digital Battery Passport 2027: What Hardware Founders Should Design Into the Prototype Now
For founders and product teams building battery-powered industrial, energy/storage, micromobility/LMT-adjacent, or other hardware that may place EV, LMT, or industrial batteries (greater than 2 kWh) on the EU market: what the August 2026 Commission guidance clarifies, and what to design into the prototype before passport requirements begin applying in February 2027.
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FCC Covered List 2026: Logic-Bearing Components Hardware Founders Must Check Before the Next Prototype
For founders and product teams building connected RF / IoT / industrial / medical / robotics hardware: what the FCC's September 11, 2026 final rule changes about Covered List logic-bearing components, and what to verify in the BOM before the next functional prototype.
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FDA Medical Device Cybersecurity Guidance 2026: What to Build Into the Prototype
For founders and product teams building connected medical or firmware-heavy devices: what FDA's February 2026 cybersecurity guidance expects in design, and which controls belong in the next functional prototype.
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New Product Development Plan, manage your invention development process
Every invention requires a proper development strategy & management to bring it to fruition, this is where the new Product Development Plan comes in handy.
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Robotic Process Automation in Manufacturing: Use Cases and ROI
RPA automates the paperwork around production, not the production itself. Here are the use cases that pay back, what bots cost, and where RPA fails.
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Halloween Products: How Seasonal Items Get Designed and Shipped
Halloween products live or die on a calendar. Here is the twelve-month development schedule, the safety testing seasonal items need, and where the margin actually comes from.
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Design for Manufacture: Principles, Checklist and Real Savings
DFM is where unit cost is actually decided. Here are the principles, a ten-point checklist, process rules and what a proper DFM review saves.
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Why Your Invention Needs Positive Online Reviews
Wondering how to market a new product or the best way to go about it? Read this article to learn more about how to do marketing research for a new product.
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New Product Development Ideas- Top 7 Places to Look For
Lightning Never Strikes the Same Spot Twice – So We’re Giving you the Top 7 places to search for new product development ideas.
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Trending Products 2018 - Where to Invest - LA NPDT
Find out about the trending products 2018! Explore product sustainability. Why smart products and 3D printing are poised for more?
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Social Media Strategy: How to Promote a New Product
Are you looking for a social media strategy for your new product? In this article, we will share a few simple steps to get you started.
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Licensing Royalty Rates: How Deals Are Structured and What They Cost
What licensing royalty rates look like by product category, how advances and minimums are negotiated, and when licensing beats manufacturing yourself.
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Prioritization Matrix. How to Get More Done Now!
Prioritization matrix. This concept might not mean much to you right now but its benefits are incredible. Increasing productivity in your workplace and personal life, creating and delivering your best work, and most importantly freeing up more time to spend with your loved ones. Learn all about it today!
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Product Design Consulting: What It Covers, What It Costs
Product design consulting turns a vague product idea into a defined, designed product an engineering team can build. Here is the scope, the deliverables and the fees.
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Marketing Plan for a New Product
Full service marketing agency, LA NPDT, shows how to properly start marketing a new product with a proper marketing plan. Our company can help your target audience to truly understand your product using different visual mediums. For example, we can provide everything from sell sheets to a new product development video.
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Prototype Development Cost: What Drives the Price and Who to Hire
Design studios, prototype shops, contract manufacturers and full-service firms do different jobs. Here is what each costs and which one your project needs.
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New Product Development Companies LA – 7 Reasons to Market Your Idea!
Marketing product ideas for new product development companies la can be a challenging task. Despite this, you must continue to succeed!
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Design Optimization Services: Bootstrapping Tools and Practical Tips
Design Optimization Services like bootstrapping is a daily reality for startups. Tools are available here to help and reap the unforeseen benefits.
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Mapping Your Product's Success - How to Develop A Product Idea Into Bottom-Line Success
Learn about product development process with LA NPDT. If you ever wondered how to develop a product idea, our new product development services will help you.
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Pre-Seed vs Seed Funding: What Each Round Expects From Hardware
Pre-seed vs seed funding for hardware teams - check sizes, dilution, and the prototype and traction milestones each round expects.
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Concept Testing Methods: How to Validate a Product Concept
Concept testing tells you whether a product idea is worth engineering. Here are the three methods, the metrics to score, and the thresholds that justify tooling.
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Brand Color Psychology: Why We Chose Orange
Color does not carry a fixed meaning — it sets an expectation your product then has to meet. Here is how brand color psychology works for physical products, and why our own brand is orange.
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You have an idea – what’s next?
You’ve experienced the blinding glow of your lightbulb moment, the moment of clarity. Your brilliant idea has finally come to you! Contact us today!
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License or Manufacture? Deciding What to Do With Your Invention
Licensing trades most of the upside for most of the risk. Here is what each route earns, what licensees require, and a checklist for deciding between them.
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Electronics Design: From Requirements to a Manufacturable PCB
Electronics design moves a product from requirements to a manufacturable PCB. Here is the flow: architecture, schematic, layout, DFM review, bring-up and compliance.
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Product Launch Phases: A 7-Step Framework That Works
The seven product launch phases for physical products, each with an owner, exit criteria and the failure mode it prevents.
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Aerospace Component Manufacturing: Supply Tiers, Processes and Qualification
The structure of the aerospace supply chain, the processes behind flight hardware, and what AS9100, NADCAP and first article inspection cost in time and money.
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Packaging Design Process: Steps, Materials and Costs
The packaging design process step by step - structure, materials, transit testing and graphics - plus what each stage costs.
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How to Validate a Product Idea Before You Build It
Validation is not asking people whether they like your idea. Here are the five tests that actually produce evidence, in the order that kills the biggest risk first.
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Innovation Companies: What They Do, What They Cost and How to Pick One
Innovation company covers four very different businesses. Here is what each one does, what it costs, and how to tell which one your project needs.
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Product Marketing Plan: Positioning, Channels and Launch Metrics
How to build a product marketing plan for a physical product - positioning, segments, channel mix, launch sequence and measurable outcomes.
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The Design Control Process in New Product Development
A quality system is not paperwork added before launch. Here are the standards that apply, the design controls behind them, and how much formality a startup actually needs.
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