Custom electronics development — PCBs, firmware, IoT devices
Custom electronics development — from an idea or an Arduino mockup to a board, firmware and a working IoT device prototype. Describe what the device should do, and embedded developers will send you responses. Or pick a specialist yourself — by portfolio, services and client reviews.
Embedded developers
How much it costs to develop an electronic device
What affects the price
Full cycle or just firmware
Firmware for a finished board, PCB layout from your schematic, and a device taken from an idea to a prototype are very different amounts of work.
Schematic and board complexity
More layers, an RF section, power circuits and chips in tiny packages make the schematic, the layout and debugging harder.
Connectivity and the cloud
Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa or GSM, sending data to a server and over-the-air firmware updates need separate development and testing.
Battery power
To make a device run for a long time without charging, the developer picks components and sleep modes and measures power consumption — a separate stage of work.
Prototypes and production prep
Board fabrication and assembly, several prototype iterations, Gerber files and a bill of materials (BOM) for the factory are often priced separately.
Prices come from specialists' profiles on Nexperity and update automatically. You agree the final price with the specialist directly.
How to find an electronics developer
Two ways — pick the one that suits you
Pick a specialist yourself
- 1Open specialists' profiles and their work
- 2Send a request that describes the task
- 3Once accepted — contact the specialist directly
Post an order
- 1Describe the task, payment and the timing you want
- 2Receive responses from specialists
- 3Pick the best specialist and agree directly
- Free for clients
- Orders can be posted anonymously
- Your contacts open only after acceptance
- No commission on the deal
How to choose an embedded developer
- 1
Devices that work
Look for photos of assembled boards in the portfolio and ask for a video of the device working: it says more than a list of microcontrollers.
- 2
Hardware, firmware or both
Some developers design schematics and boards, others write only firmware. If you need a finished device, find out who will do the rest.
- 3
Parts you can actually buy
Ask whether the developer checks that chips are in stock at distributors and plans for alternatives: one scarce part can stop production.
- 4
The source files are yours
Agree that you will receive the firmware source code, the schematic and board project and the manufacturing files, not just a finished unit.
- 5
A working unit after every stage
Agree on the stages — a mockup on a dev board, the first prototype, a refined unit — and what exactly you will test at each one.
What to put in the order
What the device should do and where it will work: at home, outdoors, in a car or in a factory
What you already have: an idea, an Arduino mockup, a schematic or a finished board
Which sensors, display and connectivity you need: Wi-Fi, Bluetooth, LoRa or GSM
Power from the mains or a battery — and how long the device should run without charging
How many devices you need: one unit, a pilot batch or a production run
Payment, the date you want and whether you need an enclosure, an app or a server for the data
Questions about Nexperity
How Nexperity works — separately for clients and for specialists
For clients
Nothing. Searching for specialists, sending requests, posting orders and receiving responses are free.
No. You agree the price and the payment method with the specialist and pay them directly. Nexperity does not take payments and is not a party to your deal.
A request goes to one specialist — from their profile. An order is posted for everyone: specialists send you responses, and you choose which one to accept.
How the specialist will do the task, a price — fixed, a range, hourly or “on request” — and, optionally, an estimated timeline.
30 days from publication: all that time it is visible in the feed and specialists can send responses. The exact end date and time are shown on the order in your account. From that moment the order is closed and a response can no longer be accepted. You can cancel it earlier, and if no specialist turned up, post a new one.
Yes: you can hide your name and photo in an order. The anonymity lasts until acceptance — the specialist whose response you accept sees your name and photo. The task description is public: anyone visiting the site can read it.
Only after acceptance — when you accept their response or they accept your request. And only the contacts you chose to show.
After acceptance you see the contacts the specialist chose to show, and they see the ones you chose. You can also message on Nexperity when the chat is on: on an order you decide that, on a direct request the specialist does.
Once the work is done, mark the order or the collaboration completed in your account — then you can say whether you recommend the specialist. A review can only be left for a collaboration that happened through Nexperity: one per specialist, which you can change or delete at any time.
For specialists
Nothing for now: this is the free period, and no subscription is needed yet. Nexperity takes no commission on deals — you settle with the client directly.
Sign up, fill in your specialist profile and add your services — each with a category, a description and a price. Once the profile is complete, it appears in search and on the category pages.
Two ways: clients send you requests from your profile, which you can accept or decline; and you see public orders in your categories in your account and can respond to them.
You describe how you will do the task and give a price and, optionally, a timeline. The client compares responses and accepts one.
Contacts set to “Public” are visible to everyone on your profile. A client sees contacts set to “After connection” once you accept their request or they accept your response. “Hidden” ones are not revealed in new connections: a contact already revealed to a client stays visible to them.
Each service has a fixed price, a range, an hourly rate or “on request”. Prices show on your profile and in search results, and you agree the final price with the client.
Through search and the category pages of your services. The order depends on your clients' reviews — how many of them recommend you — and in search also on how well your services match the query.
A photo, a description, your region and way of working — online or in person — your contacts and a portfolio: photos of your work, each with a short caption if you like.
A client leaves a review after completed work, and only for a collaboration through Nexperity: they say whether they recommend you and may add a few words. Each client counts once, however many times you work together.
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