Save time and money with good hardware design

A well-thought-out hardware design initially takes time and effort effort, but these are more than recouped when production runs smoothly and without errors (first time right). During the Hardware Design seminar everything revolves around the question of how this works in practice. Our speakers, renowned hardware design specialists, share their knowledge and... best practices with exhibitors and visitors during the World of Electronics.

Every software engineer knows how complex the FPGA design process can be. This complexity is increased because in practice teams often use different languages and languages tools such as Matlab, C++ and VHDL. This increases the chance of misunderstandings and delays. A possible solution to this problem is Clash, a digital environment for FPGA design that uses a single language during all stages of the design process. During his presentation, Martijn Bastiaan from QBayLogic talks about his experiences with Clash and the advantages and disadvantages of the environment for hardware designers.

Shorten time-to-market
Steven Van Hout from VDL TBP Electronics discusses another important aspect of hardware design, namely, the time to market. Ideally, this is as short as possible, but in practice, despite all good intentions, deadlines are often not met. During his lecture, Van Hout will discuss the selection process in more detail hardware design and how these choices contribute to a high-quality product. Van Hout uses practical examples to demonstrate how choices influence the reliability of the end product and minimize maintenance costs.

Save costs by planning smartly
Rik Doorneweert of JTAG Technologies also has time to market as the main theme of his presentation, but he approaches it from a systematic perspective. By providing validation options already in the schematic phase hardware design The engineer can gain an early overview of the test options for the connections and interfaces of the prototype, the start-up series and the production quantities. By making smart use of the JTAGinterface and boundaryscanning capabilities, firmware is no longer required. But that's not the only advantage. It prevents design iterations and it is possible to reuse tests for the different stages of the product. Ultimately, the end product is on the market faster and has a higher quality.

New test solutions
Today, with a highly automated assembly and manufacturing process with modern inspection systems, do we still need to electrically test the product at all? Peter van Oostrom from Romex answers this question. During the production of electronics it is important to inspect between every production and assembly step in the process. This is the only way to prevent production errors from piling up and repairing these production errors at the end of the production line from becoming a costly, time-consuming and complex matter. During the final assembly step, the reflow soldering the components to the printed circuit board, many things can still go wrong. Van Oostrom addresses these and other issues during his presentation and discusses cost-efficient test solutions.

It Hardware Design seminar is a perfect opportunity for you as an exhibitor to get to know colleagues and visitors who share your interest hardware design to share. Learn more about it hardware design seminar can be found here: https://fhi.nl/wots/seminars/hardware-design/.