The American Association for Clinical Chemistry (AACC) hosted its annual scientific meeting from July 29 to August 2, 2018. An estimated 20,000 attendees walked through the doors of the McCormick Place Convention… Read More
As mentioned in my last blog post, I attended CES 2018. During the show, there were two product demonstrations that I would like to focus on in this blog. They… Read More
The Internet of Things (IoT) was front and center at the Sands Convention Center at CES 2018. Based on the dedicated floor space, IoT was one of the most represented… Read More
Consumer Electronics Show 2018 General Impressions This marked my first year attending CES (Consumer Electronics Show). For those who have not been, it can seem overwhelming. Looking at the numbers, CES drew… Read More
The San Diego Biotech Consortium is a regional partnership of service companies dedicated to promoting best practices in product development for the Biotech industry. The Consortium offers leaders of biotech… Read More
In product development, choosing open versus closed hardware and software platforms requires careful consideration. Selecting open source hardware has advantages and limitations, concisely described in this blog post by Simplexity CTO… Read More
On October 7, 2016, I was lucky enough to attend the 2016 Open Source Hardware Summit in my hometown of Portland, Oregon. I attended along with Norvan Gorgi from Simplexity, who posted his conference report here…. Read More
This past month, I was asked to speak on the topic of concept generation, also known as ideation, at Professor Larry Leifer’s 3D Printing and Design course – ME137/237 –… 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