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• The Future of Low Cost Electronics Manufacture

  Aug 11, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Project Priorities Perspective

  High End Electronics In the early days Electronics was hand wired on a chassis. Some high end valve amplifiers still do this.   But of course this isn’t very compact. For those who didn’t know, I am a guitarist and…

• Analogue Electronics – Improving Signal Integrity

  Aug 3, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Analog Electronics, Electronics Manufacture

  Analogue Electronics Sometimes you come across a post elsewhere that is absolutely on the ball. When it comes to Low Cost Electronics Manufacture, Analogue Electronics Design and Analogue signal integrity, the three are closely linked. Many a product has had…

• 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…

• 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…

• Electronics Manufacture – How to Select a Microcontroller

  Jun 12, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software

  When it comes to selecting a microcontroller for Electronics Manufacture, the field to choose from is quite large. And while there is no one right answer to this, there are some basic steps to take to ensure you are using…

• Reducing Electronics Manufacturing Parts Cost

  May 21, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

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

  This one is both easy and straight forward to understand.   Do as much as possible in software.   But it doesn’t stop there. Do as much as possible in software at every stage of the development. Here is how…

• Analogue Electronics – a Surprising Way to Extend Battery Life

  May 20, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Analog Electronics, Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software

  Today we look at one of the Project Priorities Perspectives in action. This was a case where performance was the most important factor and so minimising cost or time to market was a lower priority in the this Electronics Manufacture…

• Project Priorities Perspective – Performance and Cost versus Time

  May 15, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Project Priorities Perspective

  This continues our review of the Project Priorities Perspective. See the Project Priorities Perspective post for the concept behind this and Time and Cost versus Performance and Time and Performance versus Cost for a look at those trade offs and…

• Project Priorities Perspective – Time and Cost versus Performance

  May 7, 2009

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  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Project Priorities Perspective

  This continues our review of the Project Priorities Perspective. See the Project Priorities Perspective post for the concept behind this and Time and Performance versus Cost for a look at those trade-offs.   Here is a visual view of this…

• Project Priorities Perspective – Time and Performance versus Cost

  May 5, 2009

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  by

  Ray Keefe

  in Electronics Manufacture, Project Priorities Perspective

  This continues our review of the Project Priorities Perspective. See the Project Priorities Perspective post for the concept behind this.   This is the easiest of the the trade-offs to appreciate. If you want it quickly and it has to…