How do I build a production ready board from having a product developed on a development board?

[astro]

Hi,

I have experience with the ESP 16/32, pi zero and BOSH XDK. I have been working on some IOT mesh stuff and I have a good product idea that I know I can build with your BLE line of chips. I am not familiar with the production side of IOT and I am not associated with any company.

Using the nRF5340 as an example, how would I go from having developed software with connected to sensors on the development board to creating a smaller production ready board with the nRF5340 chip on it?

Do I have to design a pcb board and have extensive knowledge of electrical engineering to do something like this?

If anyone has any feedback about going from dev to production using Nordic chips I would greatly appreciate it because I love developing IOT and want to be able to make my own products using the features offered in the nRF5340.

Thank you,

 - William

[Jared]

Hi,

Using the nRF5340 as an example, how would I go from having developed software with connected to sensors on the development board to creating a smaller production ready board with the nRF5340 chip on it?

Do I have to design a pcb board and have extensive knowledge of electrical engineering to do something like this

Yes, designing a custom board that mounts all of the components on a PCB would be the next step. It would require some knowledge of electrical theory or at least some previous experience with designing custom boards. The nRF has a radio which means that extra care should be taken when designing the PCB to maximize the radio performance.

This blog post outlines the general guidelines.

regards

Jared