Category: Electronics Design
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Electronics Design: Requirements Capture
Requirements Capture Product Development is the core process your use when you have a great idea for a new product, or an improved version of an existing one. The very first step is to define what it is meant to do. This first step is known as Requirements Capture. And requirements break down into…
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Electronics Design: Process
Electronics Design The Electronics Design Process involves a number of steps. Unless what you are doing is a minor tweak to an existing product, you will use these steps. Over the next few weeks I will unpack what is involved in each step but this post is just going to be the list of steps.…
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Electricity Grid 2.0
What if we could start again In the days when DC converters didn’t exist, it made sense to base our electrical distribution system on transformers and AC voltage level shifting. It still makes sense to distribute at high voltage where resistive losses in the wires are a smaller issue than they are at lower voltages.…
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Mains Power Plugs
Mains Power Plugs These days, more than ever before, many of the new consumer products developed have to run from batteries. But there are still an enormous number of products that run from mains power, including the battery chargers needed for all those battery powered products. If you are targeting the world market, the issue…