Standard

Document

System
+ Requirements
+

Customer
Requirements
Block Diagram
No.
Provide feedback
for changes Process at
Customer end
Customer
Sign
Feedback
Off?
& sign-off
No.
Yes Provide feedback
for changes
Design
System Sign
Team
Architecture Off?
Sign-off
No hardware changes
Schematic allowed after schematic. Yes
entry
Block-wise
design
Design team
Final PCB process
BoM Design Single Vendor
Mechanical Component BoM
design These can not be
A changed later point.
External process
A

Prototype Prototype
BoM cost Unit test
Component PCB
Optimization firmware
procurement manufacture

C
Full + +
Function
firmware
Hardware
Unit PCBA
testing
+ +

+ PCB
- + Functional
No. testing
Provide feedback
for changes EVT

Functional
Demo Yes
Sign-off? No functional
Changes allowed
After EVT
B
B At this point,
depending upon test
C results feedback may
go right upto pre-EVT
stage if proper care is
DVT Prototype not taken. Expensive
Component PCB in time and money.
procurement manufacture

Not No
certification.
+ + Certification
Testing
Related
OK?
Testing
PCBA DVT
Yes

Certification
Testing

PVT
Testing
OK?
Production

For small volume At this point,

Products PVT can be depending upon test
skipped but that is results feedback may
not recommended go right upto pre-EVT
since mass stage if proper care is
manufacturing not taken. Expensive
processes can be in time and money.
oprimized with PVT.