Portable Electronics Product Design & Development : For Cellular Phones, PDAs, Digital Cameras, Personal Electronics and more

Bert Haskell,

ISBN 10: 0071416390 / ISBN 13: 9780071416399

Published by McGraw-Hill Professional, 2004

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Title: Portable Electronics Product Design & ...

Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional

Publication Date: 2004

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: New

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Synopsis:

Text provides an engineering tutorial that approaches design component by component. Offers guidance on key decisions, and selection and integration of every element in electronic portables. For designers and engineers. Includes index, list of acronyms and abbreviations, references, and illustrations.

From the Back Cover:

IT'S ALL IN THE DETAILS:.
Interfaces.
Displays.
Buttons.
Dials.
Keypads.
Pen Input.
Speakers.
Microphones.
Antennae.
Sensors.
Ports.
Processing.
Microprocessors.
Logic Devices.
Microcontrollers.
DSP.
Analog Devices.
Sensors.
Wireless Communications.
System Memory.
Mass Storage.
Software And Communications.
Mass Storage.
Power Sources.
Electronic Packaging.
Circuit Boards.
IC Packaging.
Discrete Components.
Connectors.
Mechanical Assemblies.
Housing.
Shielding.
Display Bezels.
Thermal Management.
Hinges.
Ruggedization.

. Plan Product Success -- One Component at a Time.

. For product designers and engineers, this is an ideal roadmap to developing cutting-edge consumer portable electronics. Portable Electronics Product Design and Development is a powerful engineering tutorial that approaches design component by component, offering priceless guidance on key decisions, including selection and integration of every element in electronic portables..

. Author and engineer Bert Haskell, an electronics product design specialist, sets the stage with a succinct assessment of the portable electronics marketplace, analyzing the features that consumers do like and the flaws they do not like. Then he offers valuable engineering insights and component comparisons you can use to improve the way your products work and look, and to help them fare better in the marketplace. In the concluding chapters, he offers unique insights into the economics that drive the portable electronics industry and a creative vision for shaping future product concepts..

. FEATURES CASE STUDIES OF LANDMARK SUCCESSES -- CELL PHONES, CAMCORDERS, AND DIGITAL CAMERAS.

. This powerful engineering guide will help you:.
* Solve interface and size problems.
* Maintain parameters of convenience, utility, and portability.
* Assess the cost of technology tradeoffs.
* Find effective answers on issues such as thermal management, shielding, and durability.
* Avoid consumer turnoffs.