Axel Hardware Design helps turn your concept into reality.
Axel Hardware Design is a premier electrical engineering consulting firm focused on consumer electronics. We deliver expert hardware solutions for computers and IoT devices, with a strong track record of launching high-volume products and helping startups bring innovative ideas to life.
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Product Architecture
A well-designed product architecture sets the stage for everything that follows. At Axel Hardware Design, we help you build a strong foundation by aligning your vision with the right components, system structure, and power strategy. Whether you're launching a new product or refining an existing one, our approach ensures your design is optimized for performance, cost, and a smooth path to market.
Schematic and PCB Design
Turning an architecture into a physical product starts with schematic, PCB, and electro-mechanical design. At Axel Hardware Design, we bring deep expertise in power, signal integrity, and EMI to every step—from clean, organized schematics to high-performance, manufacturable layouts. Whether it’s a high-density any-layer wearable board, a high-power back-drilled 16+ layer backplane, a sensor flex, or a full-system rigid-flex, we engineer solutions that meet the demands of cutting-edge products and fast-moving markets.
Product Development Process
At Axel Hardware Design, we follow a proven Product Development Process (PDP) to take your product from concept to high-volume production. The journey begins with a proof-of-concept (POC) to validate core ideas, followed by prototype builds to refine functionality and design. We then guide you through Engineering Validation Testing (EVT)—the first higher-volume factory build—which also drives compliance and reliability testing. Next comes Production Validation Testing (PVT), the first revenue-ready build, closely monitored by engineering to ensure quality and readiness. Once PVT is complete, the factory can confidently transition to full-scale production and respond to demand.
About us
Based in San Diego, Axel Hardware Design is a premier electrical engineering consulting firm focused on consumer electronics. We deliver expert hardware solutions for computers and IoT devices, with a strong track record of launching high-volume products and helping startups bring innovative ideas to life.
Specializing in architecture, schematic capture, PCB design, factory development, regulatory compliance and the complete engineering product development process (PDP), Axel Hardware Design helps turn your concept into reality.
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