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• Casey Business Awards 2012 Finalist

  Jun 25, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Business, Business Awards, Electronics Awards, Electronics Design, Electronics Manufacture, News

  Casey Business and Professional Services This is the category we won in 2010 when we also took out Casey Business of the Year. This is for our Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development services where we create the electronics product…

• Software Documentation

  Jun 4, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Embedded Software, Software Design

  Software Documentation This is an area of Software Development that has always been a challenge. The documentation falls into six general categories:   Software Design Documentation Software Testing and Test Results Software Implementation Details Software Change Management User Documentation Coding…

• Space Goes Private

  May 29, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Space, Technology

  SpaceX Dragon Docks with ISS It has been a while in the making, but the the SpaceX Dragon capsule has docked with the International Space Station and the beginning of a new era is upon us. Private enterprise is now…

• Software Reuse: Software Design

  May 26, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Embedded Software, Product Development, Software Design

  Software Design This continues on from my posts on Software Architecture and Operating Systems. The basis of Software Design for Embedded Systems is ensuring that you implement the required features within the available hardware. A lot of people forget that…

• Aerospace Manufacturing

  May 19, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Technology

  Aircraft Assembly Ever wondered what it looks like to make an entire airplane or how much goes into Aerospace Manufacturing?   How about a major passenger liner?   Then you are really going to enjoy this video showing a time…

• Software Design: Feature Bloat

  Apr 9, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Embedded Software, Software Design

  Software Design This continues on from my posts on Software Architecture and Operating Systems and is part of the Software Design series.   Feature Bloat This is also known as Feature Creep but I prefer the term Feature Bloat because…

• SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012

  Mar 31, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Innovation, Made in Australia, Technology

  SEMIP Today I was at the SEMIP Innovation Showcase 2012. If you aren’t aware, SEMIP is the South East Melbourne Innovation Precinct and aims to improve collaboration between manufacturers in Melbourne’s South East and Research and Innovation providers, principally the…

• Engineers in Business

  Mar 26, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Engineers, Product Development, Technology

  Ideas Worth Pursuing   BRW recently ran an article by Matt Barrie on business ideas that are worth pursuing. If you haven’t heard of Matt Barrie, he founded Freelancer. In the article he wrote about business ideas that interest him,…

• Space: The Final Frontier

  Mar 19, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Space, Technology

  OK, I couldn’t resist the title. But you will see why below.   This post was inspired by Romanian teenager Raul Oaida who engaged the help of Melbourne entrepreneur Steve Sammatino to put together a space project. Their motivation was…

• Operating Systems

  Mar 12, 2012

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  Ray Keefe

  in Embedded Software, Software Design

  Software Operating Systems The Operating System is the core Software Architecture component that determines how the overall system task execution happens. Over time, a number of Operating System types have been developed. For this post, we will focus on Embedded…