We know hardware at every stage.

Young Circuit Designs’ deep technical knowledge can offer specialized hardware expertise to an existing engineering team while also having the breadth of experience to be the only member of a project with electronics expertise.

YCD maintains a complete electronics lab with rapid prototyping equipment to quickly build and validate designs. YCD’s eCAD tools include Altium, EAGLE, and KiCAD.

Plan and Design

Start with the end in mind; YCD joins your team to create specifications and design to them:

  • YCD can help clarify goals, assess feasibility, identify risk, and explore suitable approaches

  • YCD addresses risks early to save cost and schedule. Early hardware can be used for collecting feedback from the team, investors, or customers.

  • YCD specializes in component selection, capturing a schematic, and designing a PCBA suitable for prototyping and production.

  • YCD writes firmware for on-board microcontrollers and associated peripherals.

Manufacturing and Support

Reliable performance from launch and through legacy:

  • YCD works with test houses to define and test to appropriate standards for regulatory compliance.

  • YCD produces clear and concise documentation for team members, contract manufacturers, technicians, and field support.

  • YCD designs hardware from the start to support manufacturing test. YCD also designs custom test systems to validate PCBAs at the manufacturer.

  • YCD works with clients to ramp production and supports testing at every stage.

  • YCD continues to serve clients throughout the design’s life by quickly responding to unexpected issues which may arise in production or the field.

Prototype, Test, and Iterate

Capturing improvement opportunities, addressing risk, and fixing problems at the earliest possible opportunity:

  • YCD can perform design reviews for your team to offer an extra set of expert eyes.

  • YCD utilizes in-house prototyping equipment and partners with quick-turn contract manufacturers to build hardware fast.

  • YCD’s hardware bring-up process quickly and safely checks system performance of all new designs.

  • YCD designs and executes a custom test suite to ensure robust operation and capture baseline performance data.