Internet of Things (IoT)
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June 06, 2019
Understanding the Value of the Digital Twin
Today, there are many new concepts emerging that can dramatically improve product development. The idea of a Digital Twin is one that offers quite a bit of promise for the development of electrical and electronic systems. There’s been quite a bit of buzz about it lately as well as a lot of confusion. Right now, there are a few different definitions of the Digital Twin. In this post, we’ll explain the value of two of them.
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December 06, 2018
Modular Board Design: A Platform Approach to Increase Product Variants and Decrease Components
It sounds like a paradox: electronics manufacturers can increase variation within a product line while using fewer electronic components. Reuse keeps product costs low, increases product flexibility and customization. Far from paradoxical, the approach is quite doable today through a process called modular board design coupled with predictive analysis numbers returned by the Internet of Things.
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Modular board design coupled with predictive analysis results gathered from the Internet of Things keeps product costs low and increases flexibili...
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October 25, 2018
Bridging the Gap between the Maker Movement and Mass Production Technology with IoT and the Trillion-Node Engine
Japan is one of the first countries to face the combination of challenges such as energy issues, population decline and an aging society. Solving these problems with the benefit of the Internet of Things (IoT) could generate future business opportunities as well as meeting the demands of society. Enabling as many people as possible to try out new ideas, and encouraging them to develop diverse products, will broaden these opportunities. The Trillion-Node Engine is a platform for realizing this objective.
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October 04, 2018
How Connected Products and Modular Design Can Improve Your Product Quality
Using feedback from products in the field to continuously improve design modules used as the basis for product development can increase product performance and reliability and reduce development time.
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Using feedback from products in the field to continuously improve design modules used as the basis for product development can increase product pe...
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September 27, 2018
Getting IoT Device Design Right for EMC and the 'Interference of Things'
As we welcome increasing numbers of IoT devices into our industries, offices and home lives, we shouldn’t be surprised to see increasing electromagnetic (EM) congestion. Or, as it’s now dubbed, the ‘Interference of Things’.
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As we welcome increasing numbers of IoT devices into our industries, offices and home lives, we shouldn’t be surprised to see increasing electro...
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September 20, 2018
Flex Circuits Stretch the Limits of Technology
A customer recently asked me if CR-8000 Design Force could support stretchable flex designs. At first, I found the question odd, until they shared their intent: wearable electronics. The idea of wearable electronic products like head and wrist bands sparked an interesting conversation and piqued my interest.
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A customer recently asked me if CR-8000 Design Force could support stretchable flex designs. At first, I found the question odd, until they shared...
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June 21, 2017
Predictive Failure Analysis Can Improve Product Quality: The Reality - Part 2 of 2
I recently talked on predictive failure analysis at the PTC LiveWorx 2017 conference. There was a lot of audience interest, so I thought I’d share some of the things I discussed. This is the second of two posts on this subject.
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We all know that manufacturing yields and costs are the driving force behind product development, rather than product quality.
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June 15, 2017
Predictive Failure Analysis Can Improve Product Quality - Part 1 of 2
I recently talked on predictive failure analysis at the PTC LiveWorx 2017 conference. There was a lot of audience interest, so I thought I’d share some of the things I discussed.
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The good news is that more and more devices are becoming part of the Internet of Things (IoT), which extends the design team’s visibility beyond...
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March 03, 2017
Growing Pains in the Wearables Market
With key functionality in many cases commoditized, the success or failure of wearables is increasingly determined in the early stages of the PCB and mechanical integration process where requirements are translated into practical design decisions such as how functions are mapped to PCBs and PCBs are integrated into the enclosure.
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With key functionality in many cases commoditized, the success or failure of wearables is increasingly determined in the early stages of the PCB a...