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Wednesday, October 7th, 2009The following article was written by my colleague Craig Hillman, CEO of DfR Solutions.
The Cycle of Reliability
The Past
Those who interact closely with DfR realize that we proscribe to the theory of the ‘reliability cycle’. The early years of electronics, 1950’s and 1960’s, were disasters for reliability and led to the establishment of the organizations and [...]
xTCA Front-Panel Innovation
Thursday, September 3rd, 2009Extrusion Technology (X-Tech) out of Randolph, MA has released a video providing an overview of their innovation in xTCA products.
Steve Richardson and Matt Travers discuss how this has been applied to their AdvancedTCA, AMC, MicroTCA, and Ruggedized MicroTCA products.
The link to the video is here.
Embedded Systems Q&A
Friday, February 20th, 20091. What is an “embedded system”?
An embedded system is basically any device that has an internal computing architecture designed to handle a specific application. This applies to any type of processor and operating system, so can be anything from an ARM platform running Linux or an RTOS to a full x86 implementation running Windows. This contrasts [...]
Where to Find Great Design
Tuesday, October 28th, 2008One of the most exciting aspects of product development is product design. When entrepreneurs and inventors begin to translate their ideas into reality, they often contract with a professional design group for some or all of the design. Even large companies with their own engineering and design capabilities will often contract out some part of [...]
Introduction to Product Safety Design & Testing
Friday, August 8th, 2008In the USA, the acronym UL is understood by most people to refer to Underwriter’s Laboratories. Most consumers have some dim idea of what UL does. For professionals involved in the design and manufacture of consumer products, the role of UL and, more importantly, the requirements for product safety testing and certification must be more [...]
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