Custom Technology Design

I can design custom technology for you.

Product development starts with your product idea. We'll discuss: (1) what you want your unit to do, and (2) what are the best ways to acheive this?

Then, I spend some time conceptualizing circuits. Circuit development and debugging is done with SuperSpice. SuperSpice is a circuit modeling program that allows me to confirm that my design will work. 90% of bugs are eliminated with SuperSpice.

Next we deal with the software issues (if a microcontroller is part of the design). I use the Zilog IDE environment to develop the software. Debugging is done in conjunction with a target development PCB that is readily available from Zilog.

After the schematic and the software is confirmed, it is time to lay out a prototype PC-board. PC-board development is done with EasyPC. The schematic is redrawn in EasyPC with schematic images that are linked to PC-board footprints. Once the schematic is done then EasyPC will translate the schematic to a PC-board. I then lay out the foil traces on the PC-board and confirm that there are no errors.

Gerber files are then generated by EasyPC. These files are sent to a PC-board prototype facility and prototype blank PC-boards are generated. One I receive the blank PC-boards I generate a parts list and order the components. The prototype is hand-assembled, tested, and final debugging is done.

We now have a working prototype. In the case of the HotBox (see picture below) our first prototype was a fully functioning product that the customer is still using!

From here it is up to you, the customer, to decide if you want to refine the product by developing new schematics with new features and ultimately producing a new prototype. Together we can turn your dream into a real, working product. Contact Don Voth to get started.