Turn-Key Product Development

From napkin sketch to production units — CLI Systems designs, builds, and manufactures your electronic product so you can focus on selling it.

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The Turn-Key Model

We absorb the engineering costs. You pay per unit.

Traditional Contract Engineering

  • Large upfront engineering fees
  • Separate vendors for hardware, firmware, manufacturing
  • You manage the coordination
  • Uncertain total cost until production
  • Risk sits with you

CLI Systems Turn-Key

  • No upfront engineering costs
  • One team: hardware, firmware, and manufacturing
  • We manage everything
  • Known per-unit price from the start
  • Risk is shared — we succeed when you ship

How It Works

A proven four-phase process that takes your idea from concept to production

1

Concept

We work with you to define what the product needs to do, who it's for, and what constraints matter. This phase ends with a clear specification and a go/no-go decision.

You Decide

  • Core features and requirements
  • Target unit cost and volume
  • Timeline priorities

We Deliver

  • Technical feasibility assessment
  • Architecture and component selection
  • Per-unit price estimate
2

Engineering Units

First working hardware. These are functional boards with initial firmware — enough to validate the design, test interfaces, and prove the concept works in the real world.

You Decide

  • Feature priority for first build
  • Test scenarios and acceptance criteria
  • Enclosure and form factor direction

We Deliver

  • Schematic and PCB layout
  • Assembled and tested boards
  • Baseline firmware with core functionality
3

Prototype Units

Refined hardware with production-intent firmware. These units go to your beta testers or pilot customers. We incorporate feedback from engineering units and lock down the design.

You Decide

  • Beta test group and deployment plan
  • Final feature set
  • Certification requirements

We Deliver

  • Revised PCB with fixes from engineering build
  • Production-intent firmware
  • Enclosure integration and test fixtures
4

Production

Manufacturing at volume. You order units, we build and ship them. Ongoing firmware updates and hardware revisions as your product evolves.

You Decide

  • Order quantities and schedule
  • Feature roadmap for future releases
  • Support and warranty scope

We Deliver

  • Manufactured, tested, and packaged units
  • Production firmware with OTA update capability
  • Ongoing engineering support

Industries We Serve

Organized by the problems we solve, not just the markets we know

Monitoring & Control

Products that sense, measure, and act on the physical world — temperature controllers, environmental monitors, industrial automation panels.

Connected Devices

Products that need to talk to the cloud, a phone, or each other — IoT gateways, wireless sensors, BLE-enabled equipment.

Safety & Compliance

Products where reliability isn't optional — medical devices, safety interlocks, alcohol monitoring systems, access control.

Test & Measurement

Products that need precision — custom test fixtures, data acquisition systems, calibration equipment.

Selected Projects

Real products taken from idea to manufacturing

Industrial Controls

Control Panel Product

Situation: A manufacturer needed a new control panel for their equipment line. No existing product on the market met their requirements, and they had no in-house electronics team.

Outcome: Engineering units delivered in under 30 days from first conversation. Now in production with ongoing firmware updates.

<30 days to engineering units
Consumer Electronics

High-Volume Production Product

Situation: A company had a product concept but needed a partner to handle the full development cycle — hardware design, firmware, certification, and manufacturing.

Outcome: Took the product from napkin sketch to 5,000+ manufactured units in 8 months. Full turn-key delivery with per-unit pricing.

5,000+ units in 8 months

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Tell us about your product idea and we'll follow up with a free feasibility assessment