27 October 2015, element14, Embest’s parent company has signed a global exclusive agreement with Raspberry Pi Trading to provide design and manufacturing services to OEM customers to create bespoke designs based upon the Raspberry Pi technology platform.
Now raspberry Pi platform, with its existing advantages such as ease of programming and ability to interact with and control physical devices, can be customized to suit specific customer applications across a wide range of industries and sectors from Internet of Things (IoT) technology to energy management, industrial and consumer devices.
With proven design and manufacturing expertise in ARM and embedded digital technologies, Embest has gained worldwide reputation and the honor to be chosen as the only officially authorized design and manufacturing service provider for Raspberry Pi. We can evaluate your needs, provide bespoke Raspberry Pi based customization designs to meet your requirements and have them delivered to you fast, safe, at very affordable cost.
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Why would someone customize a Raspberry Pi rather than using an existing development kit?
This would be down to cost, performance and software. Customers are interested in the Raspberry Pi because of the Broadcom chip and the solution that offers. The Raspberry Pi is a low cost base for a very powerful SBC. The software the Raspberry Pi runs on is interchangeable in their final design. It is very easy to code yourself and it is very easy to program into existing applications.
I found plenty of nice development kits on Embest online store. Why would someone customize the Raspberry Pi rather than using an existing Raspberry Pi board (Pi2, B+ or Compute Module)?
We’ve seen the Raspberry Pi used to create some amazingly innovative end solutions from both Makers and Professional Designers alike. To take the next step and commercialize these solutions, it may often require subtle but important changes to the form factor and/or the technical parameters of the sub-components on the Raspberry Pi board.For example certain components on the Raspberry Pi board may need adapting to be robust enough to withstand harsh environments, like broader min/max operating temperatures. Or the Pi layout may need adjusting to integrate into a single board, the Pi platform with the shield / HAT they have designed specific to their application – thus optimizing system cost.
What is the minimum order quantity (MOQ)?
Considering the cost, which will heavily depend on the nature of the modification, we suggest you plan on a quantity order for at least 3000 units. Contact our sales @ globalsales@embest-tech.com and find out more!
