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Food Contact Safe Stainless Steel
Food Contact Safe Stainless Steel
Stainless steel (SS) does not readily corrode, rust or stain with water as ordinary steel does. However, it is not fully stain-proof in low-oxygen, high-salinity, or poor air-circulation environments.
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Modular Repositories With Git
Modular Repositories With Git
Modular programming is a design technique that has proven to be a generally beneficial approach for software development. It leads to code that is easier to extend, reuse and debug. To take the approach to the next level would be incorporating entire projects as modules under another project.
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Hardware vs. Software Development
Hardware vs. Software Development
At BES, our clientele is extremely varied and the assistance they require from an engineering consulting firm like us is just as diverse. Remarkably, there is a trait that can pop up in product owners of any type, from local individuals contemplating a career shift to entrepreneur to well-established international companies: a software background that colors their expectations of product development.
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304 vs 316 Stainless Steel
304 vs 316 Stainless Steel
These two Stainless Steels are very similar in their mechanical properties and are among most widely used austenitic stainless steels (304 edging out 316 for most prevalent).
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Embedded TDD Challenges
Embedded TDD Challenges
Test-driven development (TDD) is a (relatively) modern software development technique; and embedded systems inevitably lag behind the cutting-edge. Nevertheless, there's nothing special about embedded systems that negates the advantages this strategy can bring to a team.
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Switched On: MOSFET Selection Guide
Switched On: MOSFET Selection Guide
MOSFETs (metal-oxide semiconductor field-effect transistors) are heavily used in a most of the electronics we use every day. When looking at it from a sheer numbers perspective, the vast majority are contained within what is known as an integrated circuit. These parts can contain anywhere from hundreds to billions of the devices on a single chip and perform a myriad of different functions.
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High Speed Signal Integrity in FPCs
High Speed Signal Integrity in FPCs
Modern PCB manufacturing in FR4 provides designers with an incredible range of control, and has become a familiar and mature technology. However, many applications have mechanical requirements that conflict with the rigid, planar geometry inherent in PCBs. Flexible printed circuits, or “FPCs,” offer an alternative to conventional PCB substrates and allow for a broad range of applications that would otherwise be impossible or impracticable to produce.
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Generating Innovation and Creativity
Generating Innovation and Creativity
At the Studio, the toughest problems we face are not only making products work but making them work well and look good! A common problem we see customers struggling with is deciding on their product’s aesthetics even if we provide several options.
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Instant Feedback
Instant Feedback
In any engineering development project, be it either software or hardware driven, testing must always play a major role in successfully meeting the requirements set out by the customer. Sometimes, design choices are not obvious and the best path forward is to identify a quick way to test out the options. In projects that are creating a physical product, this frequently means building expensive custom hardware, which can rapidly eat up a development budget. How are we to move forward in this situation?
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