Category: Electronics Manufacturing
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3D Printing for Electronics
3D Printing 3D Printing has been a big topic for some time. It works in a number of different ways and you can print in metals, plastic or paper. For this post, I will focus on FDM or Fused Deposition Modelling. It is also a method within the general area of Additive Manufacturing. We…
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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 by Dr. Martin Schlegel who is…
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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 manufacturing techniques. We also make…
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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…
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Automotive Manufacturing
Automotive Manufacturing in Australia Automotive Manufacturing in Australia has had a proud and vibrant history. Initially it was our distance from the rest of the world that meant we made most of the goods used in Australia right here. It wasn’t until 1965 that the creation of raw value through agriculture or manufacturing fell to…