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

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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.

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.