General Impression We exhibited at the MD&M West Show this year and were excited by the networking connections we made. With 311,260+ Californians directly employed by Life Science companies along… Read More
MD&M WEST 2020
HALLOWEEN MECHATRONICS COMPETITION WINNER
This past Halloween, Simplexity employees were given the opportunity to showcase their engineering expertise in the form of a friendly competition. The task was clear: “Design and build a Halloween-themed… Read More
KLAT: A DESIGN PHILOSOPHY FOR FIRMWARE DEVELOPMENT
As a firmware engineer, I’ve seen several themes repeat themselves over the years with regards to design philosophy. I’ve distilled these themes down into a few simple principles that have… Read More
THE TOP 5 PRODUCT DESIGN CONSIDERATIONS FOR WEARABLE ELECTRONICS
Simplexity Product Development has been designing wearable electronic products since 2013 when we were selected by Microsoft as one of their key design partners for the Microsoft Band. The Microsoft… Read More
TIPS FOR DESIGNING A MEDICAL DEVICE WITH A DEVELOPMENT PARTNER
So, you’ve found a niche in the ever-growing world of biotech! You’ve past the initial hurdle of closing the first round of funding and now you’re on the hook to… Read More
OSSIA COTA FOREVER BATTERY: COLLABORATIVE DESIGN
PLAYING THE ROLE OF ‘CUSTOMER’ Ossia is building a system which will allow for truly wireless power – without charging cables or pads. They license their technology to companies creating the… Read More
BETTER FIRMWARE FASTER
A team from Simplexity recently attended Jack Ganssle’s “Better FW Faster” class. If you’re involved in the practice of embedded systems firmware engineering, you’ve probably heard of Jack and likely… Read More
CONSIDERATIONS FOR CODE REFACTORING
Tunnel vision. Every engineer suffers from it at one time or another. A programmer gets so lost in the details they miss the forest through the trees. Instead of writing… Read More
WHY ON EARTH ARE HEAVY WEIGHTS BEING SUSPENDED FROM THIS PRINTER?
Knuckles were as white as foam from a broken San Diego coastal wave as we applied 50 pounds of force on the printer, making the suspending rope taut. If I… Read More
10 BEST PLACES TO BUY PARTS FOR PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT
Purchasing off-the-shelf components is an essential task when developing mechatronic systems, especially for prototyping and low-volume applications. Often, the availability and price of particular off-the-shelf components inform the design. For example,… Read More