Timeline for Are questions related to electronics testing and manufacturing appropriate?
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| Nov 11, 2011 at 20:57 | comment | added | markrages Mod | @OlinLathrop, true, and having a good test jig early in the design process will make the design of the actual product go faster. This is somewhat akin to TDD that pure software guys use: c2.com/cgi/wiki?TestDrivenDevelopment | |
| Nov 7, 2011 at 14:11 | comment | added | Angelo | @OlinLathrop, This is absolutely the case especially as systems become more complex. There are literally thousands of potential points of failure-- ranging every component on the pcb board, to firmware and its interactions, to each manufacturing operation. All these things need to be shaken down at some point. The cost of in terms of time, money and reputation incurred from high-profile customer returns can easily destroy a company. | |
| Nov 7, 2011 at 13:42 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | @Kortuk: It's amazing how much testing gets ignored until too late in the design process. I tell my customers up front that the test jig is usually at least as much effort to design as the thing it's testing. They usually dismiss this, then come back all frantic wanting a test jig in one month because the product is supposed to ship then, even though it took 6 months to get the product to be ready to be produced. Of course they think the jig will only cost 1/6 of the design too. It doesn't work that way, but way too many people don't seem to get that. | |
| Nov 5, 2011 at 15:42 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | @OlinLathrop, got me to laugh, I think ignoring electrical testing would be a large mistake. I am sorry to say I have never taken part in that end, but would thoroughly enjoy learning more. | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 20:45 | comment | added | Olin Lathrop | What!? Testing is for production weenies! Real engineers just throw stuff over the wall and it's someone else's problem. :-) Seriously though, I think testing is legitimate, especially when it's about testing to electrical specs. | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 20:04 | comment | added | Kevin Vermeer Mod | A full history of the site name is here if you're interested. However, the naming has been messed with enough that I've come to realize that it can't be used to determine the topic of the site. | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 18:29 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | @endolith, Technically the site was up and then was seeded by chiphacker after a private beta and a very short period of public beta. But yes, you could say that. | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 17:53 | comment | added | endolith | @Kortuk:The original original name was Chiphacker. :) | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 16:22 | answer | added | Kevin VermeerMod | timeline score: 5 | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 15:31 | comment | added | Kortuk Mod | Our name has a long past of being changed. We are currently electrical engineering but have been working to have it changed. Our original name(after we dropped robotics) was electronic design. Trademark issues appeared. Currently I do not see an issue with this, as it is part of designing and making a product, but I will let a user answer you with their view and allow the community to vote for a more serious opinion. In any case, we have had times before when we were okay with a question but our current user base just did not support answering it and they have been left untouched. | |
| Nov 4, 2011 at 14:54 | history | asked | Angelo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |