Author: Ray Keefe

  • 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 Australian Industrial Product of 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 Prototype. There are a number…

  • 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 at least one of you…

  • National Manufacturing Week 2015

    National Manufacturing Week 2015 In a couple of weeks Australia celebrates National Manufacturing Week 2015. Successful Endeavours will be exhibiting there along with the South East Melbourne Manufacturers Alliance (SEMMA) as part of Austech.      This year the convention runs in Melbourne at the Melbourne Convention and Exhibition Centre from Tuesday 26 May 2015…

  • Electronics Design: PCB Layout

    PCB Layout After the Schematic Capture component of the Electronics Design  is complete, the logical connections for the electronics components have been determined. If the Electronics CAD package also supports it, you can add rules to guide the Printed Circuit Board Layout, also abbreviated to PCB Layout which we will use from here on.  …