Category: Electronics Product Development

  • Prototypes Blunt Innovation

    Prototyping Prototypes are very useful. We use them all the time when developing new products. They let us try out new ideas explore how well a particular technology will work for a specific application.   One danger of a prototype, is that there is the temptation to think that you…

  • 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…

  • Electronics Design the Next Generation

    Electronics Design Electronics Design is a very challenging area where reducing Time to Market, increasing Engineering Effort, constantly improving technology, tooling lead time and Agile Software Development methodologies all lead to rapidly changing requirements while the project delivery time frame remains immutable. Fortunately Electronics Engineers are up for a challenge.…

  • Electronics Design for Green Manufacture?

    Electronics Design for Green Manufacture This is not as straight forward a topic as it might at first seem to be. And this is because there isn’t yet a unified agreement on exactly what Green Manufacture means. And like most Design Issues, you cannot do Electronics Design without clear requirements.…

  • Green Electronics Strategies – Reduce Power While Awake

    Electronics Design To Save Energy We have looked at how Low Power Electronics is a green strategy because it reduces the amount of power that has to be generated. And then we looked at a range of options for Reducing Electronics Power Consumption.   Now we are into specifics. The…

  • Green Electronics Strategies – Sleep Saves Energy

    How Does Sleep Save Energy? For this post, we will look specifically at Embedded Software techniques to save power and energy. This is a well known Power Saving Strategy which doesn’t always get the recognition it deserves. It is also something you have to design into the Power Management Plan…

  • Green Electronics Strategies – Reducing Power Consumption

    What is so good about Low Power Electronics?   If you read my last post, you would have noticed that this has the potential to reduce overall Power Requirements. Up until now, only Battery Operated Devices have really cared about Power Consumption. If you could plug it into a wall…

  • Low Power Electronics

    Low Power Electronics is a Green Strategy There are 2 ways to reduce your Carbon Footprint. The first is to get the same power from a Green Power Source that reduces the Carbon Footprint at the power generation phase. This is where Wind Power, PV PhotoVoltaics, Wave Power, Geothermal Power…

  • Improving Product Development Outcomes

    In this post we will look at the Product Development Process and how to get improved outcomes. But first here is a fun graphic made from our logo. Product Development Process The Product Development Process is intended to reliably deliver new products for manufacture or distribution. This is a critical…

  • Electronics Design and Embedded Software Capability

    Electronics Manufacturers are the people we serve A common question we are asked is what sort of Electronics Manufacturers do we Develop Products for?   So I thought I would compile 3 lists: The first is a list of the Electronics and Embedded Software product types we have worked on…