“Fast, Cheap, and Good: Choose any two.” This is an often-repeated joke in the engineering world that draws its source from the difficulties incumbent in balancing your time to market,… Read More
The A3 Business Forum is an annual networking event for leaders in the automation and robotics industries, put on by the Association for Advancing Automation (A3). As first-time attendees, Simplexity… Read More
Today, many companies are struggling to match engineering skill sets with evolving design requirements for today’s most innovative products. Many aren’t aware of the integrated engineering staffing models they can… Read More
In the world of product development, the word “design” carries a lot of meaning and can mean different things in various contexts. At Simplexity we do a lot of “design… Read More
This year, I decided to take Halloween mechatronics into my own hands—and invited my five-year-old to join in! Together, we created a family-friendly electronics project that’s perfect for a spooky,… Read More
I had the privilege of attending ROBOBusiness 2024 in Santa Clara, California on October 16th and 17th. The conference featured a wide variety of speakers and exhibitors from companies that… Read More
Simplexity Product Development joined the ARM (Advanced Robotics for Manufacturing) Institute in 2024. The ARM Institute is funded by the U.S Department of Defense (DoD) as a Manufacturing Innovation Institute… Read More
Here in early 2024, AI has taken the world by storm. It appears nearly every company has branded their products with the “AI” keyword to match the hype. With such… Read More
“Hey, that’s a great looking application! Where did you find those controls?” Invariably, in the Microsoft .NET community, the answer is found on www.nuget.org. Since the NuGet package management system… Read More
Did you know that you can chill objects below ambient temperature without a refrigerator? This can be done using devices called Thermoelectric Coolers, or TECs. TECs use electricity to move… Read More
Software: Design Complete
Hardware: Pre-production units for design verification
MFG. Readiness: CM schedule and budget, Unit build tracking
Software: Full feature implementationHardware: Prototype 2 units with production-representative materials and processes
Quality: Build Quality PlanSoftware: Core functionality implementationHardware: Prototype 1 units with rapid prototyped components
Quality: Critical manufacturing process identificationSoftware: Architecture design: block, sequence and state diagramsHardware: Major Component definition & Proof of Concept subsystems build
Quality: Design for Manufacturing tradeoffs evaluation