Chanaka M.

$1M+ annual revenue | $100K+ delivered through Upwork | End-to-End Hardware, Robotics, IoT, Automation & AI Product Development I’m Chanaka Prasad, Founder and CEO of Idea8, a multidisciplinary product development and engineering company helping startups, manufacturers, and technology companies turn ambitious ideas into working products. Last financial year, Idea8 generated US$1M+ in revenue, with US$100K+ of engineering work delivered through Upwork alone. We take products from concept → prototype → MVP → pilot → production-ready system, combining electronics, mechanical engineering, PCB design, embedded firmware, software, AI, computer vision, prototyping, testing, and manufacturing support under one team. This lets clients avoid coordinating multiple disconnected freelancers or suppliers to build one product. What We Can Help You Build ✅ Hardware product prototypes and MVPs ✅ IoT devices, dashboards, and connected systems ✅ Robotics and automation systems ✅ PCB design and embedded firmware ✅ ESP32, STM32, Arduino, Raspberry Pi, NVIDIA Jetson, and custom electronics ✅ Machine vision and AI-powered inspection systems ✅ UAVs, rovers, autonomous platforms, and robotic systems ✅ Mechanical design, SolidWorks, 3D CAD, and enclosure development ✅ Rapid prototyping and 3D printing ✅ Manufacturing-ready product development and supplier support We Don't Just Build What Is Asked Successful product development requires more than completing a technical specification. Before designing, we consider: • The actual product and business objective • Technical feasibility and engineering risk • Target manufacturing cost • User and operating environment • Reliability and maintainability • Development timeline and budget • Manufacturing and supply-chain strategy • Future scalability Then we engineer the solution around those constraints. This is particularly important in hardware development, where a prototype can work technically but still fail commercially because it is too expensive, difficult to manufacture, unreliable, or impossible to scale. Core Engineering Capabilities • Embedded systems and microcontroller development • C, C++, Python, and embedded firmware • PCB architecture, schematic design, layout, and electronics integration • BLE, Wi-Fi, MQTT, NFC, GNSS, sensors, and connected-device development • IoT platforms, ThingsBoard, Blynk, cloud dashboards, and custom applications • Robotics, motor control, sensors, actuators, and autonomous systems • Computer vision, machine learning, and AI inspection • NVIDIA Jetson and edge-AI platforms • SolidWorks, mechanical design, and enclosure development • Rapid prototyping, 3D printing, testing, and engineering iteration • Prototype-to-manufacturing transition • Supplier sourcing and production support Why Clients Choose Idea8 *US$1M+ revenue in the last financial year *US$100K+ delivered through Upwork *Multidisciplinary engineering team *Hardware + Firmware + Software + AI + Mechanical Engineering under one roof *Concept-to-production capability We are best suited for clients who need **serious product development and engineering execution**, not simply someone to complete a predefined task. Whether you are developing a new hardware product, automating a manufacturing process, building a robotics platform, creating an IoT system, or integrating AI into a physical product, Idea8 can support the complete journey from concept to deployment. Have a challenging hardware or technology product to build? Let’s build something real.