Tag: Analog electronics

Music Electronics
Dec 4, 2011
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Ray Keefe
in Analog Electronics, Electronics Design, Engineers
On the threshold of a career I have often been asked about how I got into Engineering. I got a serious reminder of it on 23 November 2011 when I went to see The Moody Blues in concert in St Kilda. I had started a science degree at Deakin University in Waurn Ponds, Geelong, and…
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 me thinking about why I got started in Engineering. It was music. I had done…
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 this when we received news that our local Council wanted to run a feature on…
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 Electronics Power Consumption. Now we are into specifics. The last post looked at Sleep…
Green Electronics Strategies – Reducing Power Consumption
Nov 18, 2009
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Ray Keefe
in Analog Electronics, Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software, Low Power Electronics, Technology
What is so good about Low Power Electronics? If you read my last post, you would have noticed that this has the potential to reduce overall Power Requirements. Up until now, only Battery Operated Devices have really cared about Power Consumption. If you could plug it into a wall outlet then all was OK…
Successful Electronics Needs a Successful Name
Sep 9, 2009
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Ray Keefe
in Analog Electronics, Electronics Manufacture, Embedded Software, Made in Australia, Technology
Electronics Development and Success Hello again, A couple of posts ago in Electronics Manufacture Shines in Melbourne I said I would explain the origins of our company name. Many have suggested that Successful Endeavours sounds more like a personal coaching enterprise or a business that handles products by people like: Brian Tracy Tony Robbins…
2009 EDN Innovation Awards Finalist
Aug 17, 2009
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Ray Keefe
in Analog Electronics, Electronics Awards, Electronics Manufacture, Project Priorities Perspective
EDN Innovation Awards Finalist This is a bit of a different post. I’m pretty stoked that we are finalists in the 2009 EDN Innovation Awards in 2 separate categories. The award categories are: Best Application Of Analogue Design Best Application Of Design Software So I thought I might let you know a bit more…
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 expensive technical band-aids added to it to cover up poor underlying Analogue Electronics Design. So…
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. In this case the PCB and electronics were Manufactured In Australia. We were…