Portable Electronics Product Design and Development
Published on 16. February 2004
Book
Hardback
372 pages
978-0-07-141639-9 (ISBN)
Description
Portable electronics are the fastest growing area of the dynamic consumer electronics industry, but developing successful products is extremely difficult. Between interface and size issues, portable electronic present some of the toughest design and engineering challenges in all of technology. This book breaks the complex design process down into its component parts, detailing every crucial issue from interface design to chip packaging, always keeping the reader focused upon the key design parameters of convenience, utility, and size that make or break a product in the marketplace.
Reviews / Votes
This tutorial for product designers and engineers offers guidance on the development of consumer portable electronics that, presumably, won't drive users crazy. That means the designer must understand how to shepherd a product through all the marketing, manufacturing, and procurement people who have a hand in development. Haskell(an electronics product design engineer) discusses the marketplace, the economics underlying product development, and the features customers do and don't like. He offers detailed information about the engineering of products, with attention to interface and size problems, convenience and utility parameters, technology trade-offs, and durability. Sci-Tech Book News 20040601More details
Series
Language
English
Place of publication
United States
Publishing group
McGraw-Hill Education - Europe
Target group
Professional and scholarly
College/higher education
Illustrations
200 Illustrations
Dimensions
Height: 234 mm
Width: 158 mm
Thickness: 32 mm
Weight
658 gr
ISBN-13
978-0-07-141639-9 (9780071416399)
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Person
Bert Haskell (Austin, TX) is Vice President for Product Development at the Stellar Display Corporation. He has previously served as Director of Marketing for Interactive TV and Wireless Devices at Concero, Inc., and VP, Portable and Consumer Electronics at the MCC Corp. He has B.S. and M.S in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Rochester, and is a contributor to Anytime Anywhere Computing, a textbook published by Kluwer.
Content
Chapter 1: The Portable Electronic Design ProcessChapter 2: Digital and Analog ProcessingChapter 3: Electronic PackagingChapter 4: DisplaysChapter 5: Power SourcesChapter 6: Mechanical DesignChapter 7: Software and CommunicationsChapter 8: Cellular PhonesChapter 9: Portable PCsChapter 10: Personal Digital AssistantsChapter 11: Digital Imaging ProductsChapter 12: EconomicsChapter 13: The Past, Present, and Future of Portable ElectronicsA LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONSINDEX