Portable Electronics Product Design & Development

ITS 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 & 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

Contents  ：          

   Chapter 1: The Portable Electronic Design Process
   Chapter 2: Digital and Analog Processing
   Chapter 3: Electronic Packaging
   Chapter 4: Displays
   Chapter 5: Power Sources
   Chapter 6: Mechanical Design
   Chapter 7: Software and Communications
   Chapter 8: Cellular Phones
   Chapter 9: Portable PCs
   Chapter 10: Personal Digital Assistants
   Chapter 11: Digital Imaging Products
   Chapter 12: Economics
   Chapter 13: The Past, Present, and Future of Portable Electronics
    A LIST OF ACRONYMS AND ABBREVIATIONS
    INDEX