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

Bert Haskell (Author)

Book Description

Publication Date: January 26, 2004 | ISBN-10: 0071416390 | ISBN-13: 978-0071416399 | Edition: 1

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.

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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 )

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.

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Product Details

• Hardcover: 372 pages
• Publisher: McGraw-Hill Professional; 1 edition (January 26, 2004)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0071416390
• ISBN-13: 978-0071416399
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 5.9 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (2 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #1,497,481 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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3 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars numerous issues in making portable devices, June 18, 2006

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This review is from: Portable Electronics Product Design & Development : For Cellular Phones, PDAs, Digital Cameras, Personal Electronics and more (Hardcover)

Haskell explains the numerous issues involved in making a compact electronics product, where typically this might be for a mass consumer market. Such considerations include what type of display to use, assuming of course that there will be a display. Maybe LCD, which dominates portable devices. But Haskell also reminds the reader that other display technologies are rising and deserve consideration, like polymer OLED or electroluminescent or field emission devices.

You should pay attention to the chapter on power sources. For usability, the power source should be as long lasting as possible. The choice you make here can be crucial to your product's success.

Nor are the issues all electronics and chemistry, as raised above. The mechanical aspects of putting together the device in a robust and ergonomically appealing framework are nontrivial. Think cellphones or even wristwatches.

2 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very interesting book, February 7, 2004

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This review is from: Portable Electronics Product Design & Development : For Cellular Phones, PDAs, Digital Cameras, Personal Electronics and more (Hardcover)

This book is exceeding my expectation. Much good practical informations on sytems design and trade-offs. Also, very interesting to read about economics and future product concepts.