3. Agenda
• Hardware Landscape
• The 5 Stages of Hardware Development
• Formalised Process for Product Development
• Case Study: RFID Attendance Monitor
• Particular focus on Electronics Design
14. Case Study: RFID Attendance Monitor
• Objective: Replace the error-prone and admin-heavy paper copy
attendance monitoring system used in lecture halls with an automated
system, utilising the RFID enabled student ID cards.
• Volume: A couple of hundred units
• Budget: 🤔
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29. README.txt
device.max gerbers
<date> - <revision>
Files included:
DEVICE.BOT - Copper bottom
...
thruhole.tap - NC Drill file
- Board outline is defined in top silkscreen, please route to border.
- Please enlarge soldermask pads to fit your clearances as necessary
- Please remove overlapping silkscreen segments on copper (i.e: silkscreen should not cover pads)
- Mounting holes are specified as same pad size on drill and copper layers, these should be non-PTH
For questions please contact:
<contact details>
31. Lots o' docs
● Spec documents
● Bill of Materials
● Schematic
● Layout
● Datasheets
● Prototype Notes
● 3D model data
● Measurements
● Mechanical Data
● Product Notes