Prototype Before You Tool: Hardware's First Lesson

Industry Insights · Māe 1, 2023
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Māe 1, 2023

Schematics ko rej dedelok, BOM eo emoj an dedelok, im juon ej jino konono kin kein jerbal ko im juon volume order ñan kōjparok ien. Tokjen eo ekkā an walok ej juon katak eo elap wōnan.

Juon bōd eo ej bar walok

Schematics ko rej dedelok, BOM eo ej kab itok ibben don, im juon ej jino konono kin jolok kein jerbal ko im likit juon volume order ñan kōjparok ien. Tokjen eo ekkā an walok: hole ko ñan likit rej juon millimeter ettolok im board eo ejamin maroñ in deloñ ilo jikin eo; kein jerbal eo ejjab maroñ in bōk aolepen eddo eo; thermal design ej kōmman bwe processor eo en throttle; wāween an koba ippān doon ej lukkuun nana bwe rijerbal eo ej bōjrak. Juon kōkmman kein jerbal ko ej wōnan elaplok jen joñoul round in sample ko; juon batch eo emōj an jolok emaron mōñā joñoul percent in juon bajet eo ej jino.

Men eo ekkā an walok ilo joortak in ej kōmman juon men eo ejelok jelā kake einwot ñe ej jelā kake. Juon pija eo ej einwot jimwe im juon board eo ej lukkun jejjet rej jebel jen don kin juon kumi in abañ ko rej walok wōt ñe kwoj jibwe mõttan eo. Tooling im volume production rej bed ñan kōmmane juon design eo emōj an mol, jab ñan kōmman juon. Ukōt joñan eo im wōnan ej laplok.

Ta eo Hardware ej uwaaki me Drawing ko rejjab maroñ

Sample ko rej uwaaki kajjitōk ko relukkun alikar. Elañe hole ko rej jimwe im board eo ej wōtlo k ilo enclosure eo — assembly eo wōt ej kwalok ñan yuk. Power-supply ripple im joñan an bwil controller eo — joñan wōt ej kwalok ñan yuk. Elañe laajrak in men ko rej jimwe — ri jerbal in jikin eo enaj jiron yuk. Elañe kein jerbal eo ej eñjake jimwe ilo pein — jibwe wōt ej ba. Kajjojo ian men kein rej juon lemnok ilo ien kōmman pija.

Men eo eaorōk tata, rej jerbal ibben don. Ta eo ej einwot juon jorrāān in bwil ej ukōt laajrak eo, eo ej ukōt ial in kajoor eo, im ripple eo ej bar bōd. Bar juon sample round ej etetal ilo chain in tokjen ko ñan jemlokin; juon ediklok ej kōtlok bwe en walok ilo ien eo emoj an dedelok. Apañ ko rej itok ilo laajrak ko, im sampling ej shovel eo ej bōk ir juon ilo juon ien.

Juon kakien eo ej dāpij wōt

Elikin schematic im PCB design, kalek sample ko ilo mõkaj im joñe ilo hardware. Elañe joñan eo ej ba aet, bar lale im bar sample. Kōmmane bar juon alen mae ien eo design eo ej kobalok, innem etal ñan juon pilot run eo ej jolok abañ ko ilo process eo iumin jekjek ko rej epaak an kōmmane. Innem wōt konono kin joñan. Kajjojo bun̄tōn ejjab ļap wōņāān, im kajjojo ej joļo̧k juon kilaaj in jorrāān.

Pedped in katak eo ejjab juon men ekāāl; men eo ekauwatata ej bwe kōmmane ej iien otemjej eñjake an maroñ in jolok. Un ko rej walok rej kin ien, juon ri wia ej kõttar, juon ien eo elap tokjen kin money ej bed iman. Jabdewōt eo ear lukkun ettor ruo round in men in ejelā bwe step ko rejjab jako — rej baj kōttar wōt ilo juon jikin eo elaplok wōnan. Money in sample ej wōr tokjen eo elaptata jen jabdrewot line ilo juon budget in hardware eo etto, kinke ej wia jab bōd.

Kōmman bwe en dik wōnan bwe en jab ḷōmṇak kake

Jikin kallib eo ad ej bōk sampling einwot juon jerbal eo ekkā an walok. Jilkintok pija ko ak juon menin aikuj im juon uwaak im quotation enaj bar jeblak ilowaan wōt rualitōk-emān awa. Men ko rekāāl rej bed ilo stock, innem ejelok aikuj in kõttar ilo juon wia eo ejejjet. Factory eo ej an make, innem ejelok armij ro rej bed ilikin juon subcontractor. Juon sample emaron in kōmmane ilo jidik wōt jen lalem awa, im sampling, batch edik im volume production rej bed ilo ejja plant eo wot, innem process context eo ejjab rup ikōtaan revision ko.

Ñe juon sample round ej dik wōnan ñan jolok, wewein an juon tiim in hardware jerbal ej oktak: jen am akwāāl ilo juon kwelok elañe juon wewein enaj jerbal, kwoj kalek juon im lale. Wãwen ko ñan jinoe hardware ej diklok ñan juon men eo epidodo — bōk nan in uak jen lal eo ilo ien eo emõkajtata. Elañe ediklok ien bōk sample ko, enaj mõkaj an uwaak eo, im enaj emmanlok jidik an maroñ in mour. Lelok menin aikuj eo kiõ im lale uwaak eo im quote eo mokta jen am bebe kin bun̄tōn eo tok juon.

Ñe kwomaroñ jolok juon ien kōmmane

Ejjab aolep board rej aikuj juon round in prototype. Elañe karōk eo ej juon men eo edik jen juon men eo emoj an kar kaleke ilo ejja wāween eo wot — juon oktak in connector, juon oktak in firmware, juon joñan eo eoktak ilo ejja package eo wōt — jorrāān eo ejjab kōmman an kōttar. Test eo emman ej elañe jabdrewot lemnok ilo karōk eo ejañin kar test ion hardware eo emool. Elañe uak eo ej ejelok, kalek ñan kōmman. Elañe ewor ruo ak jilu, kōmmane juon prototype; emen ak elaplok ekkā an melelen bwe design eo ej aikuj bar juon pass ion peba mokta jen an bōk juon build slot.

Juon case kein karuo ej aikuj in ņa etan: enclosure fit. Software simulation ko an juon board ilowaan juon mweo ekkã air jimwe, ak likjab ko rej likjab kaki rej mechanical — juon connector ej fouling juon boss, juon keep-out ej rupe kin juon screwdriver. Ñe kajjitōk eo wōt ej jejjet, juon wōt unit eo emōj an jeje im kobaik ej diiklok jen juon wiik in modelling. Jemaron in kakabilek, jen gerber ro make, elañe juon build emaron jolok prototype stage eo ak elañe juon round in physical verification enaj lomoren ruo tokelik.

Jāān eo kar kōjparok ilo kōmman prototyping ej bar walok ilo bar juon jikin

Tiim ko rej jolok joñan wōnāān prototype eo ekkā aer kōjerbale juon allōñ tokelik ilo bar juon line item: juon mold revision ej wōr joñoul alen juon prototype run, juon batch eo ej jeblak ej kobaiktok freight im rework, im juon raan in delivery eo ejjab dedelok ej bōktok juon channel penalty. Ejelok ian men kein rej naetan prototyping, ak aolep men kein rej wōnan an jab kar kalek juon.

Aorōk eo emool an juon prototype ej ukōt men ko jejjab jelā kaki ñan men ko jelā kaki. Jikin hole ko, joñan an emman jikin eo, joñan an maroñ in bōk men ko, joñan an bwil im joñan an maroñ in kobalok aolep rej bōk uwaak ko ilo ien eo board eo ej bed ilo peim. Ejelok pija ko rej bōk jikin bōk e im kōmman bwe en jerbal. Hardware methodology, ediklok ñan juon sentence, ej bōk mol eo ñan lewoj uwaak ko ilo ien eo emōkaj tata.

Ñan tiim ko rejjab lukkun wōnan, prototyping ewōr juon an tokjen kein karuo: loe men eo ej kōmman an bin ñan jolok joñan. Elōñ tiim ko rej jolok ruo men ko raorōk elikin an sample eo moktata bar jeblak, im ien eo kar kōjparoke ej dikļo k wōnan prototype eo. Lale melele ko kin men ko rej wiakaki

Kwoj aikuj ke juon wāween eo ekkar?

Kwalok ñan kim jekjek in jerbal eo am im men ko rej aikuji, innem kim naj lewoj juon wāween eo ejimwe im lewoj juon am quote ilowaan 24 awa.

Bōk juon quote ejjelok wōnāān

Lale melele ko jen ri wia ro rej wiakake Electronic Manufacturing Services (EMS/PCBA)

Ejja jikin jerbal eo wot ej kadedelok PCBA assembly, SMT patching im THT welding: maroñ in 95,000 CPH emaron bar bōk 50 engineering sample ko, im joñan eo ediktata emaron in mounted ion 1005/03015 components; men ko rej etal ilo ial ko rekkar, im kallimur bwe ejelok men ko reriab, im renaj baj etal wōt ilo online elikin an kar deloñ ilo etale in men ko rej itok; ej bōk IATF 16949:2016 (TS-1051701), ISO9001 im RoHS Certification; proofing, batch ko redik im elap rej kōmmane jen juon wōt kumi in armij im ekkar ñan juon wōt set in parameter ko.

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