I have often been asked about how I got into Engineering. I got a serious reminder of it on 23 November 2011 when I went to see The Moody Blues in concert in St Kilda.

The Moody Blues - Live in St. Kilda 2011

I had started a science degree at Deakin University in Waurn Ponds, Geelong, and stopped after the first year because I realised I didn’t have a good reason for being there. I had always liked science but I had no idea what I wanted to do for a career.

Isn’t life strange

One thing that did happen that year was that a fellow student introduced me to a music group I had never heard of. This was The Moody Blues. I was hooked on the first listen. They sang songs about the meaning of life and communicated with such skill that I wanted to able to do the same. So I took up guitar and started teaching myself how to play.

At the end of that year I decided not to go back for second year of science and took a year off. I worked a couple of mundane jobs, move from Geelong to South Melbourne and joined a pub band to try my hand at music. We were no comparison to The Moody Blues but something very important happened. I found that I loved working with the equipment and thought it would be really cool to be able to design my own guitar effects, amplifiers and PA equipment. Music Electronics was the career for me.

I had no idea what to study so I went back to Deakin University and asked them. They said that I should do a degree in Electrical Engineering majoring in Electronics. So that is what I did for the next 4 years. This time I had a reason to be there and it showed in my academic results when I graduated with a First Class Honours degree and a grade average of a High Distinction. I also started designing music equipment during my career and even before graduating had equipment installed in recording studies and sold to professional musicians.

So that is how I got started in Electronics and why Analogue Electronics is one of my technical specialties.

Lovely to see you again my friend

So back to the concert.

The Moody Blues - Live in St. Kilda 2011

Wow. The Moody Blues were founded in 1963 and the main lineup dates from 1967 where they released the first concept album. That’s right, they beat the Beatles to it. The album was Days of Future Past. Of that lineup, 3 are still touring: Justin Hayward, John Lodge and Graeme Edge. Graeme Edge turned 70 earlier this year. And they still rock. That’s what finding the right career does for you. Passion and perseverance for the long haul. It is one of the best concerts I have ever been to.

And again I am grateful for the inspiration they were to me and for the career in Electronics that came from that.

Some of you may have noticed that the headings are all based on albums or songs by The Moody Blues.

New Horizons

I still play guitar and now also produce music. So as an example, here is a piece I recently produced trying to capture the journey from uncertainty into hope using music only. It is titled “Finding Hope“. Enjoy.

Finding Hope -Ray Keefe

Finding Hope – © Ray Keefe Right click to save or click to listen in the browser.

Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  This post is Copyright © 2011  Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd

Today begins Australian Engineering Week 2010.  You can get a full run down on all the events at Make It So which you might recognise as a tribute to the Star Trek series. 

It got me thinking about why I got started in Engineering.  It was music.  I had done 1 year of a Science degree focusing on Physics and Chemistry at Deakin University and had taken a year off because I had no idea why I was doing a degree.  So I worked a few mundane jobs and joined a pub band.  We were pretty bad.  I had only started playing guitar a year before that.  The equipment was low grade and needed a lot of maintenance and I was constantly trying to improve the PA, the mixer, the guitar and amplifier and the effects.  They were all analogue electronics in those days. It was mostly trial and error and occasionally trial and success!

What if I knew enough about Electronics to be able to improve, or even design from scratch, my own guitar effects pedals, guitar amplifiers, mixing desks and PA system?

But where would I learn that?  So I went back to Deakin University and asked them.  And they suggested Engineering.  I had mostly thought of Engineering as roads, buildings, bridges and transport so this was a new type of Engineering for me.  But I was also hooked.

Four years later with a First Class Honours Degree in Electrical Engineering I was doing just what I had set out to do.  Electronics Design was now a part of who I was, not just an area of study.   My rig was designed and built by me.  And I also doing electronics design and custom pro-audio equipment construction for recording studios and professional musicians.

So check out Australian Engineering Week 2010 and for some more insights into Engineering you can also read the blog at Engineering Education Australia.

Ray Keefe has been developing high quality and market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  For more information go to his LinkedIn profile. This post is Copyright © 2010  Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

City Of Casey

The City Of Casey In Business Magazine recently featured Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd following our national recognition with 2 national awards in the technical areas of Analogue Electronics Design and the use of Electronics Design Software in bringing advanced Electronics products quickly to market.

Check out what the City Of Casey have to say about us in this extract from their In Business Magazine, “Casey Electronics Business Wins Innovation Awards“.  You can see the full In Business Magazine here City Of Casey In Business Magazine which not only has an article on Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd but also on another local company, Paint Tek.  Paint-Tek is run by a good friend of ours and they specialise in custom surface coatings and treatments.  Ross also runs Can-Tek who specialise in pre-gassed aerosol cans, contract aerosol packing  and a range of water and solvent based aerosols in retail, commercial and industrial grades.

You can check out the full story on all our awards at Successful Endeavours awards.

It was an honour to be recognised by our city council together with other small business owners in the City of Casey, a municipality in the outer south-eastern suburbs of Melbourne.

Ray Keefe has been developing high quality and market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  For more information go to his LinkedIn profile. This post is Copyright  © Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

We have looked at how Low Power Electronics is a green strategy because it reduces the amount of power that has to be generated.  And then we looked at a range of options for Reducing Electronics Power Consumption.

Now we are into specifics.  The last post looked at Sleep Modes For Microcontrollers and how extending the Sleep Period and reducing the Sleep Current could dramatically Reduce Electronics Power Consumption.

Saving Electronics Power When Awake

The next logical step is to ensure that Power Consumption when awake is also reduced as much as possible.  This can be a little tricky to get right as it can sometimes eliminate all the benefits you built up with you sleep strategy.  The reasons for this are:

• you can use Analogue Electronics to reduce software power requirements but it has to be turned off during Sleep Mode
• if you do turn the power off to Analogue Electronics then there is a Settling Time after it is powered up
• using Smart Electronics Chips can increase overall Quiescent Current
• unless the Startup Time and Shutdown Time are quick, these can dominate the Power Consumption

Now there are some Software Architecture issues that affect these, especially the last one, but we will look at that in another post.  For the last part of this post we will address the Electronics Design issues that have been raised here.

Electronics Design – To Save Power

Electronics Design can address these Power Consumption issues.  Here is an example of a Power Consumption curve where an RC Time Constant must be taken into account to minimise average Power Consumption.

RC Time Constant affect Power Consumption

Here is a list of general strategies to select from to reduce Power Consumption:

• using the lowest feasible Clock Rate so Clocked Devices use less power
• using shorter Settling Times particularly by controlling RC Time Constants
• select semiconductors for lowest overall Quiescent Current taking awake and sleep operation into account
• ensure streamlined Startup and Shutdown operation

The overall Quiescent Current issues often gives the most difficulty.  This can be addressed through Design Simulation either by SPICE, Software Modelling or a spreadsheet.  For simpler systems the spreadsheet is often the easiest solution to implement.  For very Software Intensive Systems the Software Modelling approach is the most reliable method.  This will allow you to construct scenarios and be able to predict the Power Consumption implications for each of them.

For our Electronics Design and System Test methodology we often create a full system Software Model and so it is easy to use this same Software Model to accumulate the power consumption as it runs.  This can also be automated and so simulate months of operation very quickly.

Next we will look at the role of Embedded Software in ensuring Power Consumption remains as low as possible.

Ray Keefe has been developing high quality and market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  For more information go to his LinkedIn profile. This post is Copyright © Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

If you read my last post, you would have noticed that this has the potential to reduce overall Power Requirements.  Up until now,  only Battery Operated Devices have really cared about Power Consumption.  If you could plug it into a wall outlet then all was OK unless you were consuming more power than a standard circuit allowed.

Today, things are different.  Climate Change is a global concern and reducing the Carbon Footprint for a product is important, regardless of what sort of power it consumes.

If we can reduce the Power Consumption of an appliance by 50%, then provided it’s Electronics Manufacture does not add that back again, we have a net Carbon Footprint gain.  In fact, if we can do this across all products then we will meet our Global Carbon Reduction target of 50% by 2050 with this strategy alone.

How to reduce Electronics Power Consumption

This is not a new topic, and much of what I present here represents the combined experience of the Electronics and Embedded Software industry.  Here is the short list:

• reduce the Supply Voltage for Microcontrollers, Microprocessors and CMOS Circuits in general
• use Sleep Modes and keep the Wake Periods as short as possible
• replace High Power Consumption Devices with Low Power Consumption Devices
• replace high utilisation Digital Filters with Analogue Electronics equivalents
• replace Polled Operating Modes with Event Driven Operating Modes
• use Low Power Smart Peripherals that Wake the rest of the System only when required
• reduce the Time To Wake and the Time To Sleep
• optimise the Software Execution Flow
• use Energy Harvesting
• Remove power from sections of Electronics Circuitry when not in use

There is overlap and interdependency between these but that is a good starting point.

Next I will start look at specific examples.

Ray Keefe has been developing high quality and market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  For more information go to his LinkedIn profile. This post is Copyright © Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

A common question we are asked is what sort of Electronics Manufacturers do we Develop Products for?

So I thought I would compile 3 lists:

• The first is a list of the Electronics and Embedded Software product types we have worked on
• The second list is a list of the industries we have Developed Products for
• And the third list is the Technologies we have worked with so far

I might have to regularly update this third list since knowledge and technology are constantly expanding.  Before I do the lists I’d like to present a video that specifically addresses this last point.  This is very much worth thinking about.  Enjoy.

Electronics and Embedded Software Products

Did you notice the section from 1:45 to 2:15?  We are being prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist, technologies that haven’t been invented, and problems we don’t even know we will have!

Here is the list of some of the Electronics and Embedded Software Products that do already exist and which we have helped to create:

• Automotive Siren
• Automotive Immobiliser
• Automotive Body Computer
• Automotive Thermostat Monitor
• Industrial Shock and Vibration Sensor
• 2D shock sensor with event logging and shock profile capture
• 3D shock sensor with event logging and shock profile capture
• 2D tilt sensor
• 3D tilt sensor
• Remote Thermostat Monitor
• Electronic level sensor – gravitic spirit level
• Underground Cable Sheath Fault Locator
• Pipe and Cable Locator
• Cable Pair Identifier
• Cable Cutover Set
• Cable Fault Locator Bridge
• Circuit Tracer
• Portable Appliance Tester – PAT
• Time Domain Reflectometer
• Voltage Surge Arrestors
• Automated Switch Tester – high volume production
• Water Pump Controller
• Programmable Air Blower
• Pool and Spa Pump Controller
• Touchpad Pump and Blower Controller
• Pump Controller Protocol Converter
• LCD Based Spa Controller
• Temperature Probe
• Thermal Cutout for Spa
• Humidity Sealed Touchpad
• Electrically Isolated Air Plunger Actuator
• Digital Pump State Controller
• Thermistor Based Temperature Sensor
• Underwater LED Pool Light
• Pump Loss Of Prime Detector
• Earth Leakage Measurement device for Safety Certification
• Loading Coil Crosstalk Measurement Tester with 120dB range
• ADSL Service Detector
• Communications Set for Telephony Service Technicians
• Wireless Data Logger
• Corrosion Protection Data Logger
• High Voltage Disconnect Switch Controller
• Electrically Held Switch
• Temperature Controller for Reptiles
• Smoke Alarm Repeater and Exit Indicator
• Electromagnet Therapy Apparatus
• Fork Lift Speed Limiter
• Personnel Proximity Alerter using active RFID
• Fork Lift Proximity Alerter using active RFID
• Power Factor Correction controller
• Ultra Low Power Battery Operated Telemetry
• Septic Tank Sludge Level Meter
• PIR Based Vandal Displacer
• Bin Cycle Reminder
• Parallel Banked High Current Capacity Battery Charger
• UPS Battery Bank Controller
• Trickle Charge Battery Manager
• Epidural Procedure Simulator
• Air Ram based Saline Syringe Simulator
• USB Air Solenoid Valve Controller
• Bluetooth Based RS232 Extender
• Conveyor Belt Controller
• Programmable Conveyor Step Controller
• Gate Entry Keypad
• Gate Entry Touchscreen
• Horse Tracker with GPS
• Kick Boxing Impact Measurement Device
• Infra Red based communications system – IR
• IR Vehicle Identification System
• RFID Vehicle Identification System
• Industrial Proximity Card Reader MiFare
• Industrial Proximity Card Reader HID iClass
• Industrial Proximity Card Reader HID Proxcard II
• Industrial Proximity Card Reader Indala
• Industrial iButton Reader
• Protocol Converters For Security Systems
• USB iButton Reader
• RS232 iButton Reader
• Wireless iButton Reader
• Rugged Vehicle Management System
• Automatic Rain Tank Valve Controller
• Tyre Pressure Measurement and Reporting System for Trucks
• Vehicle Area Network using Wireless Communications
• iButton based Vehicle Access Controller with Event Logging
• Custom Audio Mixer for English Language Training Assessment
• Automated In System Programmer for Production
• Countdown Screensaver for the Olympics
• Studio Quality Microphone Preamplifier with Phantom Power
• Studio Quality Instrument Interface
• Passive DI
• Brushless DC Motor Controller – BLDC
• RS232 Based CRO for Windows
• USB Based CRO for Windows
• Differential Voltage Buffer for Data Logging
• FLEXIO Platform Remote IO with Data Logging
• Windows Based Fractal Generator Software
• Windows Based GPS Tracking Software
• Graphical Data Visualisation for Windows
• Data Logger File Format Converter
• RGB LED Lighting Controller
• RS232 Protocol Analyser
• RS232 Data Capture Wizard
• Transit Sentinel Shock and Tilt Monitor for goods in transit
• Industrial Timer Module
• Concentrated Solar Power Dish Controller
• Programmable Lathe
• Safeturn Bicycle Turn Indicator
• Container Terminal Vehicle Management and Container Tracking System
• Exit Gate Access Controller
• Truck Parking Wireless Keypad
• Hand Held Vehicle Access Updater
• Dashboard Mounted Intelligent Alert Module
• Dashboard Mounted LCD Module with Keypad
• RS232 Port Multiplexer
• Active RFID 2D positioning System
• Digital Compass
• Load Dump Protected Power Supply
• Load Dump Protection Module for Vehicle Mounted Telemetry
• Remote Fuel Level Monitoring
• PLC Protocol Converter
• Infra Red 2D positioning System – IR
• Lightning Protection Interface
• DNP3 enabled Smart Grid Power Controller
• Bone Conduction Hearing Aid for those with temporary hearing loss
• Battery Operated Rainwater Tank management system
• Electrical Risk detector for plumbers
• IR based sports simulator that uses real balls

Here is what it looks like visually.  I used Wordle to create this.

Electronics and Embedded Software Products

Electronics Industries

Now for the list of industries we have supported with Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development:

• Container Terminals
• Container Terminal Management Systems
• Fleet Vehicle Management
• Container Tracking
• Vehicle Access and Management
• Vehicle Tracking
• Industrial Telemetry
• Renewable Energy Generation
• Telecommunications Carriers
• Warehouses
• Road Freight
• Rail Freight
• Sea Freight
• Domestic Pools
• Domestic Spas and Spa Baths
• Commercial Pools
• Irrigation
• Farming
• Telephony Carriers
• Telephony Service Technicians
• Plumbers
• Trench Diggers
• Excavators
• Automotive Assemblers
• Automotive After Market
• Security
• Councils
• Churches
• Not For Profit Agencies
• Charities
• Electronics Manufacturers
• OEM
• Capital Asset Management
• Pipeline Integrity Monitoring
• Storage Tank Integrity Monitoring
• Solar Power Conversion
• Wired Telemetry
• Wireless Telemetry
• Tamper Detection
• Remote Asset Monitoring
• Bicycle Safety
• Fork Lift Safety
• OH&S
• High Voltage Power Distribution
• Electrical Safety Testing and Certification
• Goods in Transit Monitoring
• RFID
• Automotive Load Dump Protection
• Data Logging
• Data Visualisation
• Legacy System Support
• IR Communications
• Fuel Monitoring
• LED Lighting and Illumination
• Full Colour Control Lighting
• Cable Video
• ESD Protection
• Lightning Protection
• Exporters
• Web Services Developers
• Power Supplies
• English Language Training
• Medical Training
• Sewage
• Septic Tanks
• Electricians
• Technicians
• Software Developers
• Embedded Software Developers
• Medical Practitioners
• Councils
• Ratepayers
• Tenants
• Automotive Component Manufacturers
• Precision Machining
• Repetition Machining
• Repetition Engineering
• Authors
• Musicians
• Studio Technicians
• Recording Studios
• Live Audio Mixing
• Music Equipment Manufacturers
• Test Equipment Manufacturers
• Power Distribution Equipment Manufacturers
• Audiologist
• Sports Simulation

And a wordle of this:

Electronics and Embedded Software Industries

Electronics and Embedded Software Technologies

And the third list is the Electronics and Embedded Software technologies we have worked with so far (but Shift Happens so it will continue to expand):

• Printed Circuit Board Design
• Printed Circuit Board Layout
• Surface Mount
• Through Hole
• Track, Pad, Via, Buried Via, Plane, Power Plane, Layer
• Connector, joint, plug, socket, inline
• Wire, Cable, Harness, Bundle, Screen, Shield
• Strip, Crimp, Insulation Displacement, Crush
• Cable Tie, Grommet, Edge Strip, Trim
• IP40, IP54, IP64, IP65, IP66, IP67, IP68 enclosures
• Battery Powered
• Mains Powered
• Solar Powered
• Energy Harvesting
• RS232, RS422, RS485
• USB
• TCP/IP
• Ethernet
• GSM, GPRS, CDMA, HDSPA
• Battery Backed Real Time Clock – RTC
• Battery Backup
• FLASH memory
• Electronic Circuit Simulation
• Electronic Circuit Design
• Electronic Circuit Prototype
• EMC Testing
• C-Tick, A-Tick, CE, FCC, TUV, CSA, UL, CISPR, AS
• Safety Testing
• Microcontrollers
• 8 Bit, 16 Bit, 32 Bit
• Windows
• DOS
• Linux
• Analogue Electronics
• Power Electronics
• Stepper Motor Controller
• Brushless DC motor Controller – BLDC
• DC Motor Controller
• Speed Control
• Position Control
• GPS
• ASK, OOK, FSK, PSK, QPSK
• iButton
• Thermistor
• Resistor
• Capacitor
• Bipolar Transistor
• MOSFET
• CMOS
• LED
• Inductor
• Coil
• Choke
• Transformer
• Winding
• Component, Part
• Parts List, BOM, Bill Of Materials, Kit
• Charge Pump
• Switch Mode Power Supply – SMPS
• Passive Filter
• Active Filter
• Low Pass Filer, Band Pass Filter, High Pass Filter, Notch Filter
• SCR, Triac, Diac
• Diode
• Schottky Diode
• IGBT
• Overvoltage Protection
• Load Dump Rated
• Supercap, Super Capacitor
• Tuned Circuit
• Switch, Microswitch, Rotary Switch, Momentary Contact Switch, Latching
• Relay, Latching Relay, Bistable Relay, Mechanical Relay
• Solid State Switch
• Pot, Potentiometer, Trimpot, Linear Potentiometer, Slider, Fader
• solder, lead free, ROHS, solderless, solder free, soldering iron, solder bath, desolder
• encapsulate, pot, conformal coating, seal, water tight, water proof, weather proof
• sensor, MEMS, strain gauge, accelerometer, gyroscope, gyro
• piezo, piezo film, piezo resistive
• beeper, buzzer, speaker, microphone
• PIR, IR, LVD, LDS
• Battery Charger, Battery Management
• Antenna
• Trasnsmitter, Receiver, Transceiver, Line Driver
• CAN, LIN, J1939, Packet, Checksum, CRC, Forward Error Correction, ECC, Error Correction Coding
• UDP, TCP, HTTP, IP, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SNAP, RSS, Streaming, Stream
• Secure, Encryption, AES, DES, Triple DES
• Low Power Radio
• Ultra Low Power, Pico Power, Microwatt, Milliwatt, Watt
• IC, Integrated Circuit, Silicon Chip, Chip, Module, Assembly
• Assembler, C, Source Code, File, C++, Delphi, programming language
• AC, DC, Hertz, Hz, Frequency, UHF, VHF, AM, FM
• 2.4G, 315MHz, 433MHz, 433.92MHz, 434MHz, 868.3MHz, 915MHz
• Unit Test, Integration Test, System Test, Verification, Validation
• Specification, Functional Test, Test Specification, Test Plan
• Coding, Debug, Debugging, Allocation Matrix, Review, Peer Review
• Code Review, Code Walkthrough, Test Suite, Test Driven Development
• Functional Test, Stress Test, Thermal Stress, Accelerated Life test
• Design Documentation, Architecture, Achitectural Design
• FMEA, Design Audit, Design Review
• Mock, Simulate, Simulation, System Simulation
• JTAG, ISP, Debug Wire
• Bootloader, module, system, embedded system, embedded software
• Firmware, Hardware, Software, FPGA, EPLD, CPLD
• Altium Designer, Protel, IAR, Borland, Code Gear, Microsoft, Embarcadero Technologies
• SDL, Doxygen, GraphViz, ESB, Gimple PC-Lint, RSM, Greenleaf, Novamind
• VMWare, Virtualisation, Solidworks, Ultraedit, Ultraedit Studio, Programmers Notepad, Eclispe
• RAM, ROM, FLASH, EEPROM, Peripheral, Port, Register, Memory, Harvard, Address Space
• Call, Routine, Subroutine, Pass, Pointer, Parameter, Return, Global, Static, Local, Table
• Compile Time, Run Time, Design Time, Type Safe, Execution, Boot, Reset, Reboot
• Abstract, Encapsulate, Embed, Hide, Structure, Class, Object
• Power Up, Power On, System Startup, Run, Launch
• Multiply, Multiplier, Analogue Multiplier, PLL, Phase Locked Loop
• Comparator, Amplifier, Operational Amplifier, Gain, Phase, Margin
• Buffer, Gate, OR, XOR, AND, NOR, NAND, NEXOR, NXOR
• Dual, Triple, Quad, Hex
• Binary, Boolean, Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal, Base 2, Base 8, Base 10, Base 16
• Pole, Zero, Stable, Transfer Function, Laplace Transfer, FFT, DCT
• Time Domain, Frequency Domain, Phase Domain
• First order, second order, third order
• Differential equation, rate, delta, change
• debounce, median, range check, bound, time constant
• settling time, conversion time, ADC, dual slope, DAC, Multiplexer
• Analogue Switch, Router, Address, Data, IO, input, output
• Timer, Input Capture, Watchdog, Brown Out Detector
• UART, USART, I2C, TWI, SPI, Microwire, Bit Bang
• Operating System, Scheduler, Timed Task, Scheduled Task
• Round Robin, Poll, Polled, Preemption, Premptive
• Multitasking, Multitask, Interrupt, Volatile Data
• Diagnostic, Error, Error Manager, Error Log, Fault
• Audio, Electret, Headphone, Crosstalk, Intermodulation Distortion
• Low Noise, Low Distortion, Preamplifier
• Instrumentation Amplifier, Balanced Circuit, Hum Immunity
• Interference, Rejection, Transducer
• Noise, Signal, DSP, Process
• Motor, Haptic, Feedback, Resist
• Sleep, Wake, Shutdown, Halt
• Clock, Oscillator, Crystal, RC
• Atmel, AVR, ARM, Xmega, TI, MSP430, TMS320C, Microchip, PIC, dsPIC
• 6805, 6801, 8085, 80188, 80186, 80×86, 6502, LPC2000
• NEC, 78K, V850, Freescale, On Semiconductor, NXP, Analog Devices
• SAM7, Arm Cortex, Vector
• DNP3, SCADA
• Power Factor Correction
• Capacitor Bank Controller
• Solar Inverter, Micro Inverter

OK.  That is a lot and I’m not fully done even.  Here is the Wordle.

Electronics and Embedded Software Technology

Ray Keefe has been developing high quality and market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  For more information go to his LinkedIn profile. This post is Copyright © Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.

You might recall we were finalists in the EDN Innovation Awards 2009 .  Yesterday, we were in Sydney for the EDN Innovation Awards dinner held at Dockside, Cockle Bay Wharf.

We came away with 2 trophies.  The awards were:

• Best Application of Analogue Design – Highly Commended
• Best Application of Design Software – Highly Commended

Successful Endeavours - EDN Innovation Awards 2009

Ray Keefe receives the EDN Innovation Award for Best Application of Analogue Design

We are very pleased to have had Australian Electronics Industry leaders recognise our work as being of the highest standard.

And thanks again to Pablo Varjabedian of Borgtech Pty Ltd for his support and encouragement and for having a vision as we do that products like the Borgtech CPL2 can and should be Made in Australia.

There have also been several newspaper articles focusing on the role of local businesses in the Australian Electronics Manufacturing Industry.

Casey Weekly Berwick 31 August 2009 Electronics Whiz Wired For Success

Wyndham Weekly 30 September 2009 It’s A Pipe Dream

Casey Weekly Berwick 5 October 2009  Electronics Firm Delivers The Goods

Ray Keefe has been developing high quality and market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years.  For more information go to his LinkedIn profile. This post is Copyright © Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd.