Electronics Manufacturers are the people we serve
A common question we are asked is what sort of Electronics Manufacturers do we Develop Products for?
So I thought I would compile 3 lists:
- The first is a list of the Electronics and Embedded Software product types we have worked on
- The second list is a list of the industries we have Developed Products for
- And the third list is the Technologies we have worked with so far
I might have to regularly update this third list since knowledge and technology are constantly expanding. Before I do the lists I’d like to present a video that specifically addresses this last point. This is very much worth thinking about. Enjoy.
Electronics and Embedded Software Products
Did you notice the section from 1:45 to 2:15? We are being prepared for jobs that don’t yet exist, technologies that haven’t been invented, and problems we don’t even know we will have!
Here is the list of some of the Electronics and Embedded Software Products that do already exist and which we have helped to create:
- GPS tracking tag with 3G/GPS/BLE/Qi wireless charging on board
- Pet management product for dogs left indoors during the day – look up Clever Pet
- Automotive after market ECUs
- Key management systems
- Plumbers Safety Testers – look up PlumbGuard
- Internet of Things telemetry devices
- Remote Water Metering
- Radio based apartment water metering
- Waste disposal volume metering
- 3 phase medium voltage distribution switches
- Fashion agile jewelry with user select-able appearance
- Automotive winch and capstan management system
- Automotive surveillance camera power supply and video capture
- Automotive real time data capture and forward unit via 3G
- Industrial pump controller
- line powered 3 phase recloser with integrated voltage and current monitoring
- magnetic field detector for geological surveying
- non-mobile phone
- Replacement tram GPS system (VPIS)
- Automated vacuum hand grip
- Covert vandalism detection
- Truck Grid parking management system and remote gateway
- Hosted Telemetry Web Service
- Automotive Siren
- Automotive Immobiliser
- Automotive Body Computer
- Automotive Thermostat Monitor
- Automotive Electric Winch
- Industrial Shock and Vibration Sensor
- 2D shock sensor with event logging and shock profile capture
- 3D shock sensor with event logging and shock profile capture
- 2D tilt sensor
- 3D tilt sensor
- Remote Thermostat Monitor
- Electronic level sensor – gravitic spirit level
- Underground Cable Sheath Fault Locator
- Pipe and Cable Locator
- Cable Pair Identifier
- Cable Cutover Set
- Cable Fault Locator Bridge
- Circuit Tracer
- Portable Appliance Tester – PAT
- Time Domain Reflectometer
- Voltage Surge Arrestors
- Automated Switch Tester – high volume production
- Security system for coded entry to buildings and rooms
- Locker access control system
- Water Pump Controller
- Programmable Air Blower
- Pool and Spa Pump Controller
- Touchpad Pump and Blower Controller
- Pump Controller Protocol Converter
- LCD Based Spa Controller
- Temperature Probe
- Thermal Cutout for Spa
- Humidity Sealed Touchpad
- Electrically Isolated Air Plunger Actuator
- Digital Pump State Controller
- Thermistor Based Temperature Sensor
- Underwater LED Pool Light
- Pump Loss Of Prime Detector
- Earth Leakage Measurement device for Safety Certification
- Loading Coil Crosstalk Measurement Tester with 120dB range
- ADSL Service Detector
- Communications Set for Telephony Service Technicians
- Wireless Data Logger
- Corrosion Protection Data Logger
- High Voltage Disconnect Switch Controller
- 48VDC distribution switch
- 48VDC 3 phase distribution switch
- Electrically Held Switch
- Temperature Controller for Reptiles
- Smoke Alarm Repeater and Exit Indicator
- Electromagnet Therapy Apparatus
- Fork Lift Speed Limiter
- Personnel Proximity Alerter using active RFID
- Fork Lift Proximity Alerter using active RFID
- Power Factor Correction controller
- Ultra Low Power Battery Operated Telemetry
- Septic Tank Sludge Level Meter
- PIR Based Vandal Displacer
- Bin Cycle Reminder
- Parallel Banked High Current Capacity Battery Charger
- UPS Battery Bank Controller
- Trickle Charge Battery Manager
- Epidural Procedure Simulator
- Air Ram based Saline Syringe Simulator
- USB Air Solenoid Valve Controller
- Bluetooth Based RS232 Extender
- Conveyor Belt Controller
- Programmable Conveyor Step Controller
- Gate Entry Keypad
- Gate Entry Touchscreen
- Horse Tracker with GPS
- Kick Boxing Impact Measurement Device
- Infra Red based communications system – IR
- IR Vehicle Identification System
- RFID Vehicle Identification System
- Industrial Proximity Card Reader MiFare
- Industrial Proximity Card Reader HID iClass
- Industrial Proximity Card Reader HID Proxcard II
- Industrial Proximity Card Reader Indala
- Industrial iButton Reader
- Protocol Converters For Security Systems
- USB iButton Reader
- RS232 iButton Reader
- Wireless iButton Reader
- Rugged Vehicle Management System
- Automatic Rain Tank Valve Controller
- Tyre Pressure Measurement and Reporting System for Trucks
- Vehicle Area Network using Wireless Communications
- iButton based Vehicle Access Controller with Event Logging
- Custom Audio Mixer for English Language Training Assessment
- Automated In System Programmer for Production
- Countdown Screensaver for the Olympics
- Studio Quality Microphone Preamplifier with Phantom Power
- Studio Quality Instrument Interface
- Passive DI
- Brushless DC Motor Controller – BLDC
- RS232 Based CRO for Windows
- USB Based CRO for Windows
- Differential Voltage Buffer for Data Logging
- FLEXIO Platform Remote IO with Data Logging
- Windows Based Fractal Generator Software
- Windows Based GPS Tracking Software
- Graphical Data Visualisation for Windows
- Data Logger File Format Converter
- RGB LED Lighting Controller
- RS232 Protocol Analyser
- RS232 Data Capture Wizard
- Transit Sentinel Shock and Tilt Monitor for goods in transit
- Industrial Timer Module
- Concentrated Solar Power Dish Controller
- Programmable Lathe
- Safeturn Bicycle Turn Indicator
- Container Terminal Vehicle Management and Container Tracking System
- Exit Gate Access Controller
- Truck Parking Wireless Keypad
- Hand Held Vehicle Access Updater
- Dashboard Mounted Intelligent Alert Module
- Dashboard Mounted LCD Module with Keypad
- RS232 Port Multiplexer
- Active RFID 2D positioning System
- Digital Compass
- Load Dump Protected Power Supply
- Load Dump Protection Module for Vehicle Mounted Telemetry
- Remote Fuel Level Monitoring
- PLC Protocol Converter
- Infra Red 2D positioning System – IR
- Lightning Protection Interface
- DNP3 enabled Smart Grid Power Controller
- 3 phase power factor correction controller
- Bone Conduction Hearing Aid for those with temporary hearing loss
- Battery Operated Rainwater Tank management system
- Electrical Risk detector for plumbers
- IR based sports simulator that uses real balls
- Sports timing gates that use RF and eliminate the overhead wiring
- Tracking solar system producing PV electricricity and hot water at the same time
- 3G based remote water metering system
- Key management system for car dealerships
- Septic tank monitoring
- 36KV dual vacuum bottle medium distribution disconnect switch
- Active RFID based forklift proximity alert
- Container tracking and handover system for ports and terminals
- 2.5KW BLDC motor controller from a 12V automotive battery
Here is what it looks like visually. I used Wordle to create this.
Electronics Industries
Now for the list of industries we have supported with Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development:
- Container Terminals
- Container Terminal Management Systems
- Fleet Vehicle Management
- Parcel distribution
- Child tracking via BLE and GPS
- Parcel tracking via GPS
- Hotel security
- Container Tracking
- Vandalism detection and alert
- Pet management
- Telecommunications end devices
- Phones
- Mining
- Process Control
- Vehicle Access and Management
- Vehicle Tracking
- Industrial Telemetry
- Renewable Energy Generation
- Telecommunications Carriers
- Warehouses
- Road Freight
- Rail Freight
- Sea Freight
- Domestic Pools
- Domestic Spas and Spa Baths
- Commercial Pools
- Irrigation
- Farming
- Telephony Carriers
- Telephony Service Technicians
- Plumbers
- Trench Diggers
- Excavators
- Automotive Assemblers
- Automotive After Market
- Security
- Councils
- Churches
- Not For Profit Agencies
- Charities
- Electronics Manufacturers
- OEM
- Capital Asset Management
- Pipeline Integrity Monitoring
- Storage Tank Integrity Monitoring
- Solar Power Conversion
- Wired Telemetry
- Wireless Telemetry
- Tamper Detection
- Remote Asset Monitoring
- Bicycle Safety
- Fork Lift Safety
- OH&S
- High Voltage Power Distribution
- Electrical Safety Testing and Certification
- Goods in Transit Monitoring
- RFID
- Automotive Load Dump Protection
- Data Logging
- Data Visualisation
- Legacy System Support
- IR Communications
- Fuel Monitoring
- LED Lighting and Illumination
- Full Colour Control Lighting
- Cable Video
- ESD Protection
- Lightning Protection
- Exporters
- Web Services Developers
- Power Supplies
- English Language Training
- Medical Training
- Sewage
- Septic Tanks
- Electricians
- Technicians
- Software Developers
- Embedded Software Developers
- Medical Practitioners
- Councils
- Ratepayers
- Tenants
- Automotive Component Manufacturers
- Precision Machining
- Repetition Machining
- Repetition Engineering
- Authors
- Musicians
- Studio Technicians
- Recording Studios
- Live Audio Mixing
- Music Equipment Manufacturers
- Test Equipment Manufacturers
- Power Distribution Equipment Manufacturers
- Audiologist
- Sports Simulation
- Sports Timing
- Green energy
- Water and waste monitoring
- Car Dealerships
And a wordle of this:
Electronics and Embedded Software Technologies
And the third list is the Electronics and Embedded Software technologies we have worked with so far (but Shift Happens so it will continue to expand):
- Printed Circuit Board Design
- Printed Circuit Board Layout
- Surface Mount
- Through Hole
- Track, Pad, Via, Buried Via, Plane, Power Plane, Layer
- Connector, joint, plug, socket, inline
- Wire, Cable, Harness, Bundle, Screen, Shield
- Strip, Crimp, Insulation Displacement, Crush
- Cable Tie, Grommet, Edge Strip, Trim
- IP40, IP54, IP64, IP65, IP66, IP67, IP68 enclosures
- Battery Powered
- Mains Powered
- Solar Powered
- Energy Harvesting
- RS232, RS422, RS485, RS423
- USB
- TCP/IP
- Ethernet
- GSM, GPRS, CDMA, HDSPA
- Battery Backed Real Time Clock – RTC
- Battery Backup
- FLASH memory
- Electronic Circuit Simulation
- Electronic Circuit Design
- Electronic Circuit Prototype
- EMC Testing
- C-Tick, A-Tick, CE, FCC, TUV, CSA, UL, CISPR, AS
- Safety Testing
- Microcontrollers
- 8 Bit, 16 Bit, 32 Bit
- Windows
- DOS
- Linux
- Analogue Electronics
- Power Electronics
- Stepper Motor Controller
- Brushless DC motor Controller – BLDC
- DC Motor Controller
- Speed Control
- Position Control
- GPS
- ASK, OOK, FSK, PSK, QPSK
- iButton
- Thermistor
- Resistor
- Capacitor
- Bipolar Transistor
- MOSFET
- CMOS
- LED
- Inductor
- Coil
- Choke
- Transformer
- Winding
- Component, Part
- Parts List, BOM, Bill Of Materials, Kit
- Charge Pump
- Switch Mode Power Supply – SMPS
- Passive Filter
- Active Filter
- Low Pass Filer, Band Pass Filter, High Pass Filter, Notch Filter
- SCR, Triac, Diac
- Diode
- Schottky Diode
- IGBT
- Overvoltage Protection
- Load Dump Rated
- Supercap, Super Capacitor
- Tuned Circuit
- Switch, Microswitch, Rotary Switch, Momentary Contact Switch, Latching
- Relay, Latching Relay, Bistable Relay, Mechanical Relay
- Solid State Switch
- Pot, Potentiometer, Trimpot, Linear Potentiometer, Slider, Fader
- solder, lead free, ROHS, solderless, solder free, soldering iron, solder bath, desolder
- encapsulate, pot, conformal coating, seal, water tight, water proof, weather proof
- sensor, MEMS, strain gauge, accelerometer, gyroscope, gyro
- piezo, piezo film, piezo resistive
- beeper, buzzer, speaker, microphone
- PIR, IR, LVD, LDS
- Battery Charger, Battery Management
- Antenna
- Trasnsmitter, Receiver, Transceiver, Line Driver
- CAN, LIN, J1939, Packet, Checksum, CRC, Forward Error Correction, ECC, Error Correction Coding
- UDP, TCP, HTTP, IP, FTP, SMTP, SNMP, SNAP, RSS, Streaming, Stream
- Secure, Encryption, AES, DES, Triple DES
- Low Power Radio
- Ultra Low Power, Pico Power, Microwatt, Milliwatt, Watt
- IC, Integrated Circuit, Silicon Chip, Chip, Module, Assembly
- Assembler, C, Source Code, File, C++, Delphi, programming language
- AC, DC, Hertz, Hz, Frequency, UHF, VHF, AM, FM
- 2.4G, 315MHz, 433MHz, 433.92MHz, 434MHz, 868.3MHz, 915MHz
- Unit Test, Integration Test, System Test, Verification, Validation
- Specification, Functional Test, Test Specification, Test Plan
- Coding, Debug, Debugging, Allocation Matrix, Review, Peer Review
- Code Review, Code Walkthrough, Test Suite, Test Driven Development
- Functional Test, Stress Test, Thermal Stress, Accelerated Life test
- Design Documentation, Architecture, Achitectural Design
- FMEA, Design Audit, Design Review
- Mock, Simulate, Simulation, System Simulation
- JTAG, ISP, Debug Wire
- Bootloader, module, system, embedded system, embedded software
- Firmware, Hardware, Software, FPGA, EPLD, CPLD
- Altium Designer, Protel, IAR, Borland, Code Gear, Microsoft, Embarcadero Technologies
- SDL, Doxygen, GraphViz, ESB, Gimple PC-Lint, RSM, Greenleaf, Novamind
- VMWare, Virtualisation, Solidworks, Ultraedit, Ultraedit Studio, Programmers Notepad, Eclispe
- RAM, ROM, FLASH, EEPROM, Peripheral, Port, Register, Memory, Harvard, Address Space
- Call, Routine, Subroutine, Pass, Pointer, Parameter, Return, Global, Static, Local, Table
- Compile Time, Run Time, Design Time, Type Safe, Execution, Boot, Reset, Reboot
- Abstract, Encapsulate, Embed, Hide, Structure, Class, Object
- Power Up, Power On, System Startup, Run, Launch
- Multiply, Multiplier, Analogue Multiplier, PLL, Phase Locked Loop
- Comparator, Amplifier, Operational Amplifier, Gain, Phase, Margin
- Buffer, Gate, OR, XOR, AND, NOR, NAND, NEXOR, NXOR
- Dual, Triple, Quad, Hex
- Binary, Boolean, Octal, Decimal, Hexadecimal, Base 2, Base 8, Base 10, Base 16
- Pole, Zero, Stable, Transfer Function, Laplace Transfer, FFT, DCT
- Time Domain, Frequency Domain, Phase Domain
- First order, second order, third order
- Differential equation, rate, delta, change
- debounce, median, range check, bound, time constant
- settling time, conversion time, ADC, dual slope, DAC, Multiplexer
- Analogue Switch, Router, Address, Data, IO, input, output
- Timer, Input Capture, Watchdog, Brown Out Detector
- UART, USART, I2C, TWI, SPI, Microwire, Bit Bang
- Operating System, Scheduler, Timed Task, Scheduled Task
- Round Robin, Poll, Polled, Preemption, Premptive
- Multitasking, Multitask, Interrupt, Volatile Data
- Diagnostic, Error, Error Manager, Error Log, Fault
- Audio, Electret, Headphone, Crosstalk, Intermodulation Distortion
- Low Noise, Low Distortion, Preamplifier
- Instrumentation Amplifier, Balanced Circuit, Hum Immunity
- Interference, Rejection, Transducer
- Noise, Signal, DSP, Process
- Motor, Haptic, Feedback, Resist
- Sleep, Wake, Shutdown, Halt
- Clock, Oscillator, Crystal, RC
- Atmel, AVR, ARM, Xmega, TI, MSP430, TMS320C, Microchip, PIC, dsPIC
- 6805, 6801, 8085, 80188, 80186, 80×86, 6502, LPC2000
- NEC, 78K, V850, Freescale, On Semiconductor, NXP, Analog Devices
- SAM7, Arm Cortex, Vector
- DNP3, SCADA
- Power Factor Correction
- Capacitor Bank Controller
- Solar Inverter, Micro Inverter
- PCB embedded antenna
- Low Power Bluetooth
- Embedded WiFi
OK. That is a lot and I’m not fully done even. Here is the Wordle.
Successful Endeavours specialise in Electronics Design and Embedded Software Development. Ray Keefe has developed market leading electronics products in Australia for nearly 30 years. This post is Copyright © 2009-2013 Successful Endeavours Pty Ltd
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