Hardware manufacturing glossary
The terms you will meet between a working prototype and a product in production, explained the way they are used with OEM/ODM partners in Asia.
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- DFADFA (design for assembly): fewer parts, fewer steps, fewer ways to get it wrong
- DFMDFM (design for manufacturing): designing parts a factory can make well
- DFTDFT (design for test): making every unit testable on the production line
- DVTDVT (design validation test): proving the final design on production tooling
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- PCBAPCBA: what goes into a printed circuit board assembly and how it is quoted
- Pilot runPilot run: what a pilot production build proves and when it is done
- PRDPRD (product requirements document) for hardware: what to include before suppliers quote
- PVTPVT (production validation test): proving the line, not the design
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