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• High Voltage Power Electronics

  Jul 2, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Design, Engineers, High Voltage, Product Development

  Safety in High Voltage Power Distribution My thanks to Tim Heemskerk of ABB High Voltage Division in Lilydale for this clip. It shows how dangerous High Voltage power can be in Electric Power Transmission Systems and why ABB take so… Continue reading

• From Engineer to Entrepreneur

  Jun 21, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Awards, Electronics Design, Electronics Entrepreneur, Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software, Engineers, Made in Australia, News, Product Development

  This week I was the recipient of an Exponential Entrepreneur of the Year award. Last year we were received two awards for technical excellence when we won two of the 15 EDN Innovation awards handed out in Australia in 2009.… Continue reading

• Local Casey Electronics Business Wins National Awards

  Jun 12, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Analog Electronics, Electronics Awards, Electronics Design

  We have been pretty busy so far this year preparing several new products for both the Australian and International markets including an advanced DNP3 enabled power controller for the American Smart Grid initiative. So it was a pleasant interruption to… Continue reading

• What’s So Good About Being An Engineer?

  Jan 2, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Embedded Software, Engineers, Product Development, Technology

  An Engineering Problem in Disguise A funny thing happened to me the other day during the Christmas shopping rush at our local shopping centre in Endeavour Hills. Our daughter had purchased some clothes for her nieces for Christmas and used… Continue reading

• Electronics Design for Green Manufacture?

  Dec 7, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Global Warming, Green Electronics, Low Power Electronics, Product Development, Technology

  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… Continue reading