Project Description
Overview
We have executed multiple solutions that incorporate many technologies into a single module. These are both cost-effective and meet demanding design criteria, including visual and touch/feel. They also include multiple input and display types on various technology platforms: analogue/power, digital/microprocessor-based, and/or wireless. We incorporate any and all of the following:1) Switching: rotary (encoder or switch), slide, pressure sensitive, cap-touch, and/or rocker inputs
2) Feedback: LEDs, displays (LED, OLED, LCD), audible clicks
3) Technologies: AC or DC power switching (includes BLDC), digital signaling (serial – I2C, RS485, MODBUS, etc.), proprietary, CAN/LIN, simple binary
4) Connected: Z-Wave, ZigBee, WiFi, BLE, RF, Ethernet/USB
5) Packaged in a custom molded assembly or drop in module
Challenges
- Demanding customer design criteria
- Combine ergonomics, haptics, and multiple functionality into a single package
- Cost per function maximized
- Upfront engineering, development, and tooling schedules
Services Performed
- Design to customer specifications
- Design for manufacturability
- Functional design with software and GUI development
- Wireless communications development
Results
- Single, plug-in module
- Meets aesthetic and all functional requirements
- Minimized cost per function