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• 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…

• The New Inventors – a Win for Can-Tek

  Aug 4, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Awards, Global Warming, Made in Australia, Technology

  We are so pleased to announce that Ross Brinsdon of Can-Tek has won the latest episode of the ABC program The New Inventors with his water based aerosol touch up paint product which allows you to get exactly the custom…

• Casey Business Awards Finalist

  Aug 4, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Awards, Electronics Manufacture, Made in Australia

  Casey Business Awards The City Of Casey are holding their inaugural Casey Business Awards and at the Casey Business Breakfast this morning Successful Endeavours were nominated as finalists in two categories.   The two Casey Business Awards categories are: Manufacturer…

• Australian Engineering Week 2010

  Aug 2, 2010

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  Ray Keefe

  in Analog Electronics, Electronics Design, Engineers

  Australian Engineering Week 2010 Today begins Australian Engineering Week 2010. You can get a full run down on all the events at Make It So which you might recognise as a tribute to the Star Trek series.   It got…

• 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…

• 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.…

• 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…

• 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…

• 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…

• Green Electronics Strategies – Reduce Power While Awake

  Nov 30, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Analog Electronics, Embedded Software, Green Electronics, Low Power Electronics, Technology

  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…