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Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Lucas and Luna get into the gritty details of hardware startups — the kind that design, prototype, and manufacture physical devices, from industrial robotics to consumer gadgets. Each episode centers on a specific company or technology: how a robotics firm navigated the transition from lab prototype to production line, why a particular sensor startup chose one material over another, or what the unit economics of a new 3D-printing venture actually look like. Lucas brings the numbers — bill of…
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Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech CompaniesWhy Hardware Startups Are Choosing Laser Welding
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why laser welding is becoming the go-to joining method for hardware startups in 2026…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Use Accelerated Life Testing
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into accelerated life testing—the practice of compressing years of wear and tear into…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Ultrasonic Welding
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, hosts Lucas and Luna dive into the world of ultrasonic welding—a technique that's quietly becoming…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Thermal Imaging to Catch Defects
In Episode 166 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how thermal imaging is becoming a game-changer for catching defects in hardware…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Environmental Stress Screening
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how environmental stress screening, or ESS, helps hardware startups catch defects…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Choosing Modular Batteries
Hardware startups face a brutal trade-off: ship a product fast, or lock in a battery architecture you'll regret for years. In this episode, Lucas and Luna…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Thermal Interface Materials
Thermal interface materials, or TIMs, are the unsung heroes inside every electronic device, quietly moving heat away from chips. For hardware startups…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Cut Costs with Panel-Level Packaging
Panel-level packaging is quietly changing how hardware startups think about chip packaging costs. Instead of paying a premium for traditional wafer-level…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Potting Compounds for Protection
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how hardware startups are using potting compounds to protect their devices from…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Betting on Sensor Fusion
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why sensor fusion—combining data from multiple sensors—is becoming a critical…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Use Crystallization for Quality
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into crystallization testing — the unsung hero of hardware reliability. They explore how startups like a hypothetical…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Crystallization
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dive into the surprising world of crystallization control in hardware startups. From sensors that detect ice on wind turbines…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Cut Costs With PCB Panelization
In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig into PCB panelization, the unsung manufacturing technique that can cut a hardware startup's board cost by 20 to 40…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Renting Test Equipment
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore the growing trend of hardware startups renting test equipment rather than buying it…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Digital Twins to Cut Field Failures
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how digital twins are transforming reliability testing for physical products. They…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Betting on Test-as-a-Service
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore the rise of test-as-a-service (TaaS) for hardware startups. With the cost of in-house test equipment soaring—think…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Thermal Cycling Tests
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how thermal cycling tests help hardware startups find weak points before products hit…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Acoustic Testing to Avoid Field Failures
In this episode of Hardware Startups, Lucas and Luna explore the surprising role of acoustic testing in catching hidden defects before products ship. They dive…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Ruggedizing Consumer Hardware for Harsh Environments
Most hardware startups design for the living room, but a growing wave is targeting farms, factories, and outdoor job sites where dust, moisture, and…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Modular Design for Mixed Signal Test
In episode 150 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, hosts Lucas and Luna explore a fresh angle on testing: mixed-signal validation. While previous episodes…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Edge AI Chips in Production
In this episode of Hardware Startups, Lucas and Luna explore how a new generation of hardware startups is putting artificial intelligence directly into their…
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How Hardware Startups Use Design for Manufacturing to Cut Costs
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into design for manufacturing (DFM) as a cost-cutting lever, not just a checkbox. They…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Acoustic Testing to Find Hidden Defects
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how hardware startups are using acoustic testing to catch defects that visual inspection and traditional functional…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use DFM to Cut Injection Molding Costs
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dig into the most overlooked lever in hardware development: design for manufacturability…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Connector Standardization to Cut Costs
In episode 145 of Hardware Startups, Lucas and Luna explore how a young medical device company cut assembly time and inventory complexity by standardizing its…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Vibration Testing to Avoid Field Failures
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how hardware startups use vibration testing to catch design flaws before products reach customers. They explain why…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Turning to Modular Power Supplies
In this episode of Hardware Startups, Lucas and Luna explore the growing trend of modular power supplies in hardware startups. They discuss why startups are…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Conformal Coating for Reliability
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into how conformal coating—a thin protective layer applied to circuit boards—can…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Modular Design for Supply Chain Resilience in Hardware Startups
Hardware startups face brutal supply chain risk: a single component shortage can kill a product. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how modular design —…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Value Engineering to Cut Costs
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore value engineering as a systematic way to reduce component costs without sacrificing…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Avoid Tooling Debt With MaaS Platforms
Ever wondered how hardware startups bring products to market without spending tens of thousands on injection molds? In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Open Source Hardware to Accelerate Development
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into the world of open-source hardware and how startups can leverage it to accelerate…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Pre-Compliance Testing to Avoid Certification Delays
FCC and CE certification can cost hardware startups $50,000 to $100,000 and take months, but a failed test can set you back even further. In this episode…
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How Hardware Startups Handle Component Obsolescence
When a critical chip goes end-of-life, a hardware startup can lose months and thousands of dollars. This episode walks through a real-world example: a medical…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How a Hardware Startup Cut Assembly Time by 60% Using Design for Assembly
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, we dive into how Motus Robotics, a small robotics startup, slashed assembly time from 45 minutes to 12…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Need Functional Test Fixtures for Production
Most hardware startups focus on design and prototype, but neglect production testing — leading to costly field failures. In this episode, Lucas and Luna dig…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Accelerated Life Testing for Hardware Startups
Nearly 40% of hardware startup failures trace to preventable field defects. In this episode, Lucas and Luna examine how accelerated life testing (HALT/HASS)…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Digital Twins to De-Risk Manufacturing Scale-Up
Scaling from prototype to production is notoriously difficult and expensive for hardware startups. In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore how digital twin…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Solve Thermal Management for High-Power Devices
Thermal management is a silent killer for hardware startups building high-power devices like drone motors, EV chargers, and robotics. In this episode, Lucas…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use JIT Supply Chains Without Going Broke
Episode 130 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo — Lucas and Luna break down how a small robotics startup in Pittsburgh cut component inventory costs by 40…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Rapid Injection Molding for Prototyping
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into rapid injection molding — a game-changer for hardware startups that need…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Should Use Overmolding for Cable Strain Relief
In episode 128 of Hardware Startups, hosts Lucas and Luna dive into overmolding for cable strain relief — a critical but often overlooked manufacturing…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Design for Manufacturability
In episode 127 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into Design for Manufacturability (DFM) — the practice of designing products specifically…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Surface Mount Technology Prototyping for Faster Iteration
Episode 126 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo explores how early-stage hardware companies are leveraging low-volume surface mount technology (SMT) prototyping…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Using Hybrid Additive Manufacturing
Episode 125 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo dives into hybrid additive manufacturing—combining 3D printing with subtractive CNC machining in a single…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Selective Laser Sintering for Production
In episode 124 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore how selective laser sintering (SLS) is evolving from rapid prototyping to end-use…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Electromagnetic Shielding for EMI Compliance
When your smart gadget goes to market, it has to pass FCC radiated emissions testing—or it can't be sold. In this episode, Lucas walks Luna through the…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Die Casting for Metal Enclosures
Episode 122 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo explores die casting as a high-volume metal manufacturing method for hardware startups. Lucas and Luna discuss…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Ultrasonic Welding for Fast Assembly
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into ultrasonic welding, a high-speed assembly technique that bonds thermoplastics in…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Should Use Overcurrent Protection ICs
Episode 120 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo dives into overcurrent protection ICs — the tiny chips that prevent PCB fires, motor driver meltdowns, and…
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How Hardware Startups Use Vibration Welding for Sealed Enclosures
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into vibration welding — a friction-based joining technique that hardware startups use…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Why Hardware Startups Are Switching to Metal Binder Jetting
In this episode, Lucas and Luna explore why metal binder jetting is becoming the go-to additive manufacturing process for hardware startups producing end-use…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Wave Soldering for Through-Hole Assembly
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into wave soldering — a mature but still essential process for hardware startups…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Cut Costs with Multi-Cavity Molds
In episode 116 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into multi-cavity injection molds — the unsung tool that slashes per-unit costs once you…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Conformal Coating for PCB Protection
In this episode of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into conformal coating — the thin protective layer that saves circuit boards from…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Laser Direct Structuring for 3D Antennas
In this episode of Hardware Startups, Lucas and Luna explore how laser direct structuring (LDS) is enabling hardware startups to embed antennas directly into…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
How Hardware Startups Use Flexible Printed Circuits
Lucas and Luna explore how flexible printed circuits (FPCs) are helping hardware startups save space, reduce weight, and improve reliability in compact…
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Why Hardware Startups Should Use Helium Leak Testing
In episode 112 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna explore why helium leak testing is a game-changer for hardware startups building sealed or…
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How Hardware Startups Use Microinjection Molding for Tiny Parts
In episode 111 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo, Lucas and Luna dive into microinjection molding — the specialized process for producing ultra-small…
- Hardware Startups with Fexingo: Devices, Robotics, and Manufacturing Tech Companies
Hardware Startups Use Fused Deposition Modeling for Bridge Tooling
Episode 110 of Hardware Startups with Fexingo dives into fused deposition modeling (FDM) as a bridge tooling strategy. Lucas and Luna examine a case from a…