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Squash Lessons for Engineering

Aug 10, 2010

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in Embedded Software, Engineers, Product Development

Squash Lessons for Engineering The picture in today’s post comes courtesy of Dr Marc Dussault, The Exponential Growth Strategist. At his recent Exponential Business Building Bootcamp, he demonstrated how a Squash Racquet gets broken from repeated use. So what does this have to do with Engineering? Glad you asked. First, I have…

Embedded Software Testing

Aug 9, 2010

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Ray Keefe

in Embedded Software, Engineering Humour, Engineers, Product Development

Software Testing I recently met with an Australian Software Development company, PepperStack, and we got onto the subject of Software Testing. As someone who began their career as an Electronics Hardware Engineer, one of the things I learnt was that you have to test thoroughly to be sure everything is working as it should be.…

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 much care in how they handle High Voltage Switching, Power Factor Correction and Fault Isolation…

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. So I was very pleased to be receiving an award recognising the business side…

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 the self serve checkout. When she got home she discovered she had not had one…

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 Design Issues, you cannot do Electronics Design without clear requirements. So what are the requirements?…

Improving Product Development Outcomes

Oct 27, 2009

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Ray Keefe

in Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software, Product Development

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 component of a Product Strategy…

Electronics Design and Embedded Software Capability

Oct 15, 2009

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Ray Keefe

in Analog Electronics, Electronics Design, Electronics Manufacture, Electronics Products, Embedded Software, Low Power Electronics, Made in Australia, Product Development, Technology

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 The second list is a…

Reducing Electronics and Embedded Software Product Development Costs

Jul 27, 2009

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Ray Keefe

in Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software, Product Development

First some basic statistics that made me think about this issue a bit more: Software typically consumes 80% of the development budget. Digital Avionics Handbook and Embedded.com 80% of software projects are unsuccessful IBM So working from the Pareto Principle it is clear that product development success and cost can be most improved by…

Niche Electronics Manufacture – Ideally Done in Australia

Jul 22, 2009

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Ray Keefe

in Electronics Design, Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software, Made in Australia, Product Development

So what is Niche Electronics Manufacture about? Well, Niche implies it is aimed at a small and specific market segment rather than a large and universal segment. Some examples might help here: specialist medical devices or patient sample handling equipment Very Early Smoke Detecting Apparatus in wall cable tracing equipment active RFID with long battery…

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