# Challenges in Hardware Development | HARDWARIO s.r.o.'s Pavel Hübner

- Show: [IoT For All Podcast](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast)
- Published: 2022-06-21
- Length: 24m
- Page: https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner
- Listen: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/iot-for-all/episodes/Challenges-in-Hardware-Development--HARDWARIO-s-r-o-s-Pavel-Hbner-e28bmop

## Summary

Pavel Hübner, CTO and co-founder of HARDWARIO, discusses the evolution of his company from Big Clown Labs to its current focus on industrial IoT hardware platforms. He details the technical trade-offs between LPWAN technologies like LoRaWAN and NB-IoT, and explains the strategic shift to Zephyr RTOS for scalable, low-power firmware development. Hübner also addresses the severe challenges of the chip shortage, describing how HARDWARIO used automated scraping to secure components, and offers advice on cash flow management for hardware startups.

## Chapters

- [0:04](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner#t=4) Introduction and Company History
- [5:01](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner#t=301) HARDWARIO's Industrial IoT Focus
- [8:53](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner#t=533) LPWAN Technologies: LoRaWAN vs NB-IoT
- [13:22](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner#t=802) Adopting Zephyr RTOS and Nordic Semiconductors
- [16:12](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner#t=972) Navigating the Chip Shortage
- [19:51](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/iot-for-all-podcast/2022-06-21-challenges-in-hardware-development-hardwario-s-r-o-s-pavel-hubner#t=1191) Startup Survival and Cash Flow

## Topics

- [Sourcing & supply chain](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/sourcing-and-supply-chain)
- [Embedded firmware](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/embedded-firmware)
- [Wireless & RF](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/wireless-and-rf)
- [Microcontrollers & dev platforms](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/microcontrollers-and-platforms)
- [Pricing, margins & unit economics](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/topic/pricing-and-unit-economics)

## Most relevant to

companies scaling up

## Mentioned

- HARDWARIO (company)
- Big Clown Labs (company)
- LoRaWAN (other)
- NB-IoT (other)
- Zephyr (other)
- Nordic Semiconductor (company)
- FreeRTOS (other)
- Texas Instruments (company)
- Chester (product)
- The Things Network (company)

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- [IoT Trends: A Year in Review and 2023 Predictions with Rob Tiffany and Bill Flaherty](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/over-the-air/2023-02-02-iot-trends-a-year-in-review-and-2023-predictions-with-rob-tiffany-and-bill-flahe) (Over the Air)
- [Why IoT Is Difficult with Jonathan Beri](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2021-01-18-why-iot-is-difficult-with-jonathan-beri) (The Amp Hour)
- [Firmware, Netburner and Semiconductors - Chris's Capitalism Colloquy](https://hardwarepodcasts.com/podcast/the-amp-hour/2013-07-03-firmware-netburner-and-semiconductors-chriss-capitalism-colloquy) (The Amp Hour)

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