Author: Ray Keefe

  • IoT – Remote Telemetry Case Study

    Internet of Things The Internet of Things, or IoT as it is abbreviated to, is still an emerging trend. But it is driving some substantial changes in some industry areas. This includes the 4th Industrial Revolution, also known as Industry 4.0.   If you are deploying to a factory or…

  • IT Salaries Worldwide

    IT Salaries Internationally This link for this information was provides by John Larase of Staff.com and I thought you might find it interesting to know what the salaries for a range of IT roles looked like from different countries. John originally sent the link to our Business Mentor Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist of Exponential…

  • Product Development – what they don’t tell you

    Product Development As a process, Product Development can be handled a number of different ways. And if your product only requires input from a single technical discipline which you are very experienced in, then you can usually predict everything you need to do and just make sure it all happens the…

  • Industry 4.0

    The 4th Industrial Revolution This is the first in a series of posts looking at the 4th Industrial Revolution that is now upon us. To understand why this is a big deal, it is worth looking at the previous 3 Industrial Revolutions.   This material is based on presentations made…

  • Victorian iAwards 2015

    Victorian iAwards 2015 Last year at the Victorian iAwards 2014 , our client Rectifier Technologies Pacific took out 2 categories for Victoria. This year we are pleased to have two clients as finalists and at the iAwards ceremony this evening they both took out merit awards for their category. A merit award means…

  • PACE Zenith Award Winners 2015

    PACE Zenith Awards The PACE Zenith Awards 2015 celebrate the process control and automation industry’s many and diverse successes. The PACE Zenith Awards bring together some of the biggest names in Process Control, Instrumentation and Automation to celebrate, recognise and award companies and individuals for their key contribution to Australian…

  • Printed Circuit Board Assembly

    Printed Circuit Board Assembly Also referred to as a PCA, the Printed Circuit Board Assembly follows on from Printed Circuit Board Manufacture. This is where the components are placed onto the PCB or Printed Circuit Board and the electrical connections formed.   In this post I will focus on volume…

  • Endeavour Awards 2015 Winners

    Endeavour Awards 2015 This year we were finalists at the Endeavour Awards in the categories of Australian Industrial Product of the Year and IT Application of the Year. We didn’t win either category but the competition was pretty tough and I was pleased for ANCA for beat us for the…

  • Printed Circuit Board Manufacture

    Printed Circuit Boards In our series on Electronics Design we have looked at the Electronics Design Process from Requirements Capture, Technology Selection, Component Selection, Schematic Capture and finally PCB Design of the  Printed Circuit Board including PCB Layout. Now we have a design and the Electronics CAD files to make a…

  • PACE Zenith Awards 2015

    PACE Zenith Awards 2015 We have only just heard. You probably already know that we are finalists for the Endeavour Awards 2015 this year with 3 of our projects. Today we got the news that we are finalists in four categories at the PACE Zenith Awards for 2015. I’m sure…