What is the electronic design process?

A typical electronic design process is as follows:

Consider client's initial concept
Identify client's objective and refine concept with client
Write brief document specifying the scope of proposed project in technical language

Feasibility study
Assess suitability and availability of parts and select major components.
Investigate and identify lowest cost technical route to meet the scope of the project
Consider proof of concept hardware development
Develop project specifications from client's concept
Estimate development costs
Estimate cost of finished product
Write report
Present to client
Receive feed-back
Revise project specification

Hardware development phase
Consider cost optimisation and availablity of components
Design electronic circuit and produce schematic design
Generate bill of materials
CAD layout of pcb
Write software
Manufacture benchtop prototypes
Bench test
Present results to client
Provide firm manufacturing cost quotations

Software and firmware development phase
Generate state diagrams and firmware documentation
Write well commented software code and test with prototypes
Present results to client

Pre-production build
Incorporate design revisions
Generate professional CAD layout of pcb
Design enclosure
Fabricate pre-production pcbs
Buy parts
Populate pcbs
Test pre-production units against specification, revise as necessary
Present results to client
Finalise production build

Production phase
Design multi-circuit bare pcb pallet
Manufacture laser cut solder paste screens
Programme  pick & place machines
Programme AOI machine
Programme flying probe test machine
Manufacture and test production units to final specification
Deliver to client

Using this framework, we are happy to tailor an electronic design project to your requirements.

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