Author: Ray Keefe

  • Industrial Electronics: Future Awards Winners

    Industrial Electronics We are back from the Electronics News Future Awards where we were presented with our trophy for the category of Industrial Electronics. Our thanks go to ABB High Voltage Division in Lilydale for allowing our Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development of the CQ900R Smart Controller to be…

  • Future Awards Winners

    Industrial Electronics We are very excited to announce that we have won another major award. This time it is for the Electronics News Future Awards for 2011 in the category of Industrial Electronics with Best Industrial Electronics Application.   In 2011 the awards are followed up by a round table…

  • Max Walker on Business

    We recently had the pleasure of hearing Max Walker speak at a Casey Business Breakfast where he shared his story and some insights he had into careers and business. I have been invited to share about how the Casey Business Awards in 2010 had benefited Successful Endeavours and was interviewed…

  • iPhone Green Factor

    How Green is my iPhone? Have you ever wondered just how green an iPhone really is?   Today’s blog post was sent to me by Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist. It’s an Infographic taken from DailyInfographic.com. At Successful Endeavours, we’re always interested in recycling and sustainable technologies and…

  • Ray Keefe IEEE Senior Engineer

    I recently went through the process of applying for Senior Engineer status with IEEE. It is something I should have done years ago and I was prompted by the Victorian section of the IEEE.   It turned out to be much harder than I had anticipated and I wasn’t surprised…

  • Interview with an Engineer

    I recently met up with Clint Steele who is a Senior Lecturer in Engineering at Swinburne University and also heads up the Ingeneers Network which is intended to provide practical and networking support for Engineers. Clint brought a video along and asked me a few questions. These were: How did…

  • LED Lighting To Finally Become Cost Effective

    LED Lighting Ten years ago, LED Lighting was set to revolutionise the general illumination market. LEDs, also known as Light Emitting Diodes, had already taken over are the role as indicator panel illuminators and user interfaces on industrial, commercial and consumer products. All the trend lines indicated that they would…

  • PCB Design For Manufacture

    Design For Manufacture Electronics products almost invariably have a Printed Circuit Board , PCB, on the inside. This is one of the most common things we do, designing the Printed Circuit Board on the inside on the product. Now designing a Printed Circuit Board so it works correctly is one…

  • Casey Business Awards Videos

    Casey Business Awards In 2010 the City Of Casey had their inaugural Casey Business Awards. They awarded us Casey Business of the Year and also gave us the award for Business and Professional Services which we shared with A Better Dental Care. As part of the awards ceremony they had…

  • Melbourne’s South East Business Awards 2011

    Melbourne’s South East Business Awards Finalists 2011   In Melbourne’s South East Business of the Year Finalists we let you know that we were nominated as finalists for the inaugural Melbourne’s South East Business Awards. Last night we attended the awards and found out the rest of the details.  …