An OEM/ODM partner in China that starts small.
A traditional manufacturer often expects production-ready files and a large order. Anvol bridges that gap: our engineers in Shenzhen take a brief, a reference design or a prototype to tested units and a small production run. You work with a U.S. company and pay in USD.
OEM, ODM or both
- You have the design
- We source the parts, build and test it, and run the batch: the OEM part.
- You have a brief or a prototype
- We do the electronics, firmware and enclosure engineering first, then build it: the ODM part.
- Most small teams
- Need some of each. We scope it per project and write it down before work starts.
What you get back
- Design and production files for your product
- Firmware source and the factory test program
- Test checklist and test report
- Tested units, a batch record and a packed shipment
Why not go straight to a factory
- Files
- You don’t need a complete specification, a large order or a production-ready design to get started.
- One team
- The engineers who fix the design are the ones who order and check the build.
- Paperwork
- NDA before we open any file, a written scope in English, payment in USD to our US entity, a reply within 12 hours.
What it costs
Lidar line-following car
Delivered batch: 10 units at $150 each, plus $5,000 development.
24-channel logic analyzer
Reference figures: about 50 units at a ~$15 parts cost each, plus $500 development.
Swing-arm tracked robot
Reference figures: 1 unit at $6,000, plus $30,000 development.
Totals exclude certification (FCC/CE, quoted separately) and shipping. Reference figures, not fixed prices. Costs →
Who does the work
- Zisheng Li, engineering lead
- Embedded systems. 20+ hardware products built, including the logic analyzer, tracked robot and line-following car above. Named inventor on 8 granted patents.
- Our engineering team
- 200+ documented open-source hardware projects under FreakStudio, alongside electronics, firmware and mechanical work for clients. Verifiable work →
- Where it is built
- Electronics benches in Shenzhen where our engineers build and debug, and the tool rooms, board and assembly lines we order from. You see each process, not the factory's name. Factories →
How it starts
- Send what you have through the project form, by email or on WhatsApp.
- If you ask, we send the NDA first. We sign it before we open any file.
- We reply within 12 hours, list what is missing and suggest the next build step.
- You get a written scope with price and date before any work starts. Major scope changes are re-quoted before work continues.
Questions
No. We can start with a single prototype and continue into small-batch production after you approve it.
You do. We sign an NDA before we open any file. The project-specific design files, drawings and tooling belong to you; our general tools and libraries stay ours.
Not from the small-batch prices on this site. None of our priced builds were made at that volume. A larger run is quoted for its own quantity.
No. Certification testing (FCC/CE) is done by a test lab and quoted separately when a product needs it.