“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
I recently listened to the November 21, 2023, episode of The Agile Embedded Podcast. In this episode hosts Jeff Gable and Luca Ingianni interviewed their guest Max Kolesnikov about Model… Read More
Nordic Semiconductor has supported their silicon offerings for over 10 years with the nRF5 SDK (Software Development Kit). This SDK is still widely in use for chip variants up through… Read More
Design for test (DfT) is a mindset, not a specific process or technology. The guiding principle of DfT is to consider and enable testability at all points in the design… Read More
Turn Around, Bright Eyes After two years of coming in second place, it was time for The Bridesmaids to become the bride; the corpse bride, that is. With a theme… Read More
This blog is written for LabVIEW programmers familiar with LabVIEW Projects, case structures, enums, clusters, custom controls (.ctl), and non-reentrant VI’s (virtual instruments). Classes are an underutilized but useful tool… Read More
A clear demarcation between a green and a seasoned firmware (FW) engineer is the level of understanding, care, and planning that is evident in their work. The green engineer typically… Read More
As you can see from Simplexity’s Halloween Mechatronics Contest, the Covie Covid Disinfecting Robot now leads a double life. Normally, it wakes up early in the morning to disinfect all… Read More
Once we heard the Halloween Mechatronics Contest was happening again in 2020, our team, The Gorgons (formerly Hell’s Angels), was back for redemption from our 2nd place finish in 2019…. Read More
In the first part of this blog series, we explore a history lesson in optimal product development by looking at the first personal computer and considering what it takes to… 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