F.A.Q

Absolutely No, We design a lot of our own product, but our specialist skills have value and therefore we sell our expertise as well as our own products.

Yes. If you want to discuss commercially sensitive information with us then we will keep everything confidential and can offer a 2-way NDA to protect both parties or we can use yours.

This is a great question, yet a proper answer depends on your specific project.  Here are some guides:

Product Development: Cost is the single most constraining aspect of Product Development, and it holds back many projects.  However, the cost of Engineering is not usually the biggy.  It’s not cheap to engineer, prototype, develop, or manufacture, so it’s important to make good decisions all along the way.  That’s one place where EECL knowledge and experience can help.

Every new project is different, so without details, we can’t guess at the cost for you.  However, we constantly see dozens of ways customers pay too much, and in that alone, we can save money.  We’ll help you think through options and find ways to minimise this aspect of your new development.

Consulting: Again, it’s impossible to estimate a project without understanding it.  That said, spending money for consulting to streamline your hurdles and accelerate your project puts you ahead in the long run.  Also, for shorter projects, it certainly saves money over hiring full-time staff.

How It Works: There are many ways to structure relationships, but these are the most common:

1. If the project is well defined from beginning to end, we can work on a Firm, Fixed Price.  We’ll agree on services and price, then work to that.
2. If the project path is not well defined, or if end goals are not definitive, we can work to Time and Materials.
3. Custom options are available, and specific to your situation.

Please call to discuss your project and we’ll help with a much better idea on cost numbers.

Yes – we can do a full prototype or production run for you, procure all the parts you need and handle the full build. These costs can sometimes be underestimated by companies with complicated supply chains and procurement departments and outsourcing this to us can often save money.

We have in house Solidworks and Altium for our 3D and PCB design.

Yes, if a particular project is also on our road-map we would love to collaborate so that we can both achieve our goals quicker.

We use this term to describe the process of bringing ideas from first concept all the way into production.  Every new product starts as an idea which grows and morphs and expands as it develops into a final product.  Some products are sold at stores, some solve specific problems, some stay in a factory to make production easier.  These all start with ideas and end up as useful things.

This whole evolution from Idea to Product is called The Product Development Process, and there is a lot to it, much more than most people realise.  It seems like it should be simple, but there are a lot of details that have to be worked out besides the design.

In short we serve all industries where can offer a product or service. We have traditionally been delivering for the space sector but the skills and products can be transferred to military and commercial.

The Short Answer:  It maximises your capabilities with short-term, significant expertise. You can make a flying head start on your product.