Ey reader! Most of the times, we take for granted the complexity of things we use every day. One example is Near-Field Probes There are many out there, from 10 € to 2000 €. They all seem to work in the same way: Connect them to an oscilloscope or a Spectrum Analyzer Place them close to an alternate source of Electromagnetic Energy Measure and extract conclusions Easy, right? What if I ask you to build one or two from scratch? ... Not that easy, right? That exactly happened to me when I...

Hardware Startups have it 10x harder to sell a hardware product Why? First, they have the typical challenges of a Startup Limited amount of resources: you cannot build a 1M laboratory the first week. The stereotype photo of the first days of a Startup has their founders working long hours in the garage of one of them. You need to build something great with the tools you have around and if you are lucky, with some tools you receive from generous donors. Pressure from investors to get high...

Give tools to your team Every manager has one directive: do your best while spending the least. The problem? Spending the least can prevent your team from doing their best. If you are a founder with a software background, hardware might seem prohibitively expensive to you. Wise managers think, What is the minimum I can spend to enable my team to perform their best? If they ask their technical team, they will receive a long list of tools and gadgets, each justified as indispensable.Some of...