Ideas and Conception Analysis
The customer's specifications, the client's ideas or even a workshop is the prerequisite for a successful start of the first important phase on the path of developing devices and solutions. The basic requirements of the customised development are defined in the specifications. The conception of the solution is receptive to different solution approaches. In the process, the engineers for electronics and information technology examine and analyse the state of technology, all innovations available on the market, competitor products and preliminary work that has already been done. At pironex, the principle is practised that the new development must not only look good but must also have many features and be producible. The costs are to be evaluated with the actual functions in the results and recorded in the specifications.
pironex GmbH fulfils the requirements according to the QM system ISO-9001.
Scope of Services for Customer-Specific Device Development
In regards to complex and functional product development, the following technical topics would be worked on:
- Development of a concept and specifications partial or complete system
- Draft design and usability
- Selection and coordination of unit housing
- Housing design and technical draft
- Mechanical development of the device
- Electronics development
- Development of the embedded software
- Development of PC software for control and evaluation
- Backend software for data acquisition and processing
- Frontend software for data visualisation and user interaction
- Creation of native apps for Android/iOS
Development Process, Testing and Prototypes
The following provides a list of development steps that would mainly be used in order to plan for the work involved with a development project.
- Drafting and Creating the Functional Specification
- Functional requirements for the electronics have been determined
- A-Sample:
- Printed circuit board in the target format for the final product
- Programming of the commissioning software
- Commissioning and troubleshooting
- partially functional device software
- B-Sample:
- Error-corrected hardware
- Almost all functional software features are implemented
- Functional but partially untested modules are available in small numbers
- EMC Tests and Certifications are in progress
- C-Sample:
- Pre-production sample matches the design and target function
- D-Sample:
- Pilot series devices for field testing
- Series
- Product support
Main Areas of Work Concept/Specification Creation
Requirements:
- Agreement on project specifics
- Defining of electronic and software functionalities
- Development of functional processes
- Design and usability of user software
- Defining of the interfaces to mechanics and operation
- Defining of the core components (CPU, interfaces, performance classes)
- Research, component functionality and availability
- Joint review with customer
Result:
- Precise specification of the customer-specific development
- Defining the test and acceptance parameters
- Project plan (time, cost, suppliers)
- Final approved specification
Main Areas of Work: Development of Electronics
Scope of Work:
- Creation of component libraries
- Analogue and digital circuit development
- Simulation of circuit parts and functions
- Checking the availability of components used
- Critical review of the EMC protection measures of the circuit at hand
- Defining the PCB (shape, layer structure)
- Unbundling of the PCB (EMC compliant multi-layer design)
- Assembly of the PCB (optionally with an external service provider)
- Commissioning the module (testing the basic functions)
- EMC pre-testing during development (optional)
Result:
Functional testing under laboratory conditions in accordance to customer requirements
Main Areas of Work: Housing Development
Scope of Work:
- Defining requirements of housing - shape, function and size
- Checking feasibility of design draft
- Exterior design of housing
- Design of the housing parts (fixtures and brackets)
- Housing construction and any movement of the housing parts
- Construction of prototype sample
- Checking the housing in terms of function, shape and feel
- Adjustment and adaptations of the prototypes
- Creation of production documents
- Production support
Result:
- Functional housings tested under laboratory conditions in accordance to customer requirements
Main Areas of Work: Software Development
The integration of the operating system software is offered as part of the development project.
Scope of Work:
- Creation of the commissioning software with the basic functions
- Driver development (Linux Kernel/Barebone)
- Functional software in accordance with specification requirements
- Development of functional bootloaders
- Creation of test routines for functional validation purposes
- PC configuration software for the production process
- Backend and frontend application
- Development of native apps for Android and iOS
Result:
- Embedded software
- Measurement and communication software (Windows, Linux)
- Native app (Android or iOS)
- Platform solution (databases, backend, frontend)
