Our Capabilities

HARDWARE

• Circuit & PCB design including VHDL, FPGA, and telephony interfaces

• Long life and low power circuit design

• Wireless communications including RFID, GPS (location and timing)  and Bluetooth

• Wireless modulation techniques

• Microcontroller integration including Atmel AVR, MicroChip PIC, TI MSP430, ST STR7 and TI 5402 (DSP)

SOFTWARE

• Good software practices, including the use of source control and bug tracking tools

• Embedded software development ranging from 8 bit micros through to embedded PC applications

• Linux based embedded high-end graphical user interface and touch screen interface design

• Bluetooth module integration into a variety of products

• Interface protocol experience incuding RS232, SPI, I2C and one-wire bus

PROTOTYPING & PRODUCTION

• PCB fabrication and assembly management

• Component selection and sourcing

• Concept prototyping

• Manufacturing set up, including programming and test

• Compliance certification management including FCC, CE and UL

• Debug, commissioning and support

ENGINEERING DESIGN

• Concept generation

• Process & System Design

• Design for Manufacture (DFM) and the Environment (DFE)

• Computer Aided Design (CAD)

• Fast in-house block modelling

PROCESS & RISK MANAGEMENT

• Project Management

• Risk Management (FTA/FMEA)

• Finite Element Analysis (FEA)

• Electronics Integration 

• PCB / FPC integration

• RFI / EMC shielding

• Connector & Loom design/specification

• Keypad and interface design​

MANUFACTURING

• Plastics – Injection moulds, extrusions, blow moulds

• Metals – Sheet, die-cast, injection mould, machined

• Management of rapid prototyping & tooling

• Component – specification, sourcing & evaluation

• Tooling specification & management

• Assembly line set-up & documentation

• Production implementation & support

USER EXPERIENCE

• Customer Value Chain

• Voice of Customer (VOC)

• Ergonomics – Cognitive, Anthropometric & Kinesiology

• Personas

• Ethnography and Day in the Life Story Boards

• User Trials

• Inspiration Charts

DESIGN

• Product & System Design

• Aesthetics

• Graphical User Interface

• Usability Mock-ups

• Trend Maps – Social & Cultural, Aesthetics & Features

• Existing Product Analysis – Cluster Analysis, Feature Analysis, Benchmarking

• Product Configuration & System Design

• Prototyping & Model Building – Usability Mock-ups, Form Exploration, GUI

IMPLEMENTATION

• Brand Guides

• Product User Manuals

• Product Artwork, Graphics Specifications

• Photo Realistic Rendering

• Marketing Collateral

• User Manuals

• Animations

VERIFICATION

• Verification of design elements

• Highly Accelerated Life Testing

• Mechanical, Software & Hardware

VALIDATION

• Test Plans

• Validation of products & sub-elements

• Risk Mitigation

• User Testing

• Test Report

COMPLIANCE

• Compliance specification

• Certification management

• Experience in developing products to pass:

• Mil Spec, CE, FDA, TGA, FAA & CAA Approval