Product Review and Update is a service where we will look at an existing design (usually still in production), assess any likely issues with compliance, parts availability, manufacturing cost and other issues, and consider whether updating the design would be worthwhile. Typically we would produce a detailed report explaining any issues noted and giving a range of update options with budgetary costings.
Benefits:
- Solve or avoid manufacturing problems
- Eliminate issues with key parts becoming obsolete or expensive.
- Fix any known production problems with the current design.
- Utilise Design for Test to improve quality and improve reliability.
- Design – Take advantage of new components and techniques to:
- Decrease size and weight
- Reduce power consumption.
- Minimise manufacturing cost.
- Improve compatibility with new devices and interfaces.
- Add new functionality to meet current consumer demands.
- Reduce Manufactured Cost
- Take advantage of new manufacturing processes
- Reduce parts count and cost by using current chips
- Simplify Testing and support.
- Update Compliance
- Meet current safety and EMC standards.
- Access new markets.
P-CODE Ltd offers to provide an initial assessment for a nominal fee. This would look at the scope for redesign and would provide a brief, written report and (where appropriate) an estimate for carrying out a full review.
We can work from anything, including a simple sample, but the more information that can be provided (Documentation: Gerbers, BOMs, Code, Design and Manufacturing notes) the cheaper and quicker the report is likely to be.