Electronic hardware is found in a wide range of products, from consumer gadgets to industrial equipment. The market success of these products often depends on how well their hardware performs. However, designing hardware is inherently complex— involving multiple stages with unique challenges and requirements.This blog aims to provide a high-level overview of some of this process, highlighting the first three distinct phases.

It's challenging to explain what firmware engineering entails since it resides in a niche space that bridges hardware and software. However, consider this astonishing fact: High-end cars like the Mercedes-Benz S-Class contain over 10 million lines of code, all of which are processed by up to 100 microprocessors networked throughout the car. This immense amount of firmware-based coding powers everything from engine management systems to advanced safety features.

In our ongoing effort to to continuous improvement, we’ve embraced the emergence of Artificial Intelligence and integrated it into our workflow. The adoption of such technologies has improved the quality of our code while also freeing developers to focus on higher level decision making throughout a project.

Product reliability issues can escalate into crises that exact a heavy toll on customer satisfaction and brand reputation. No product is 100% perfect and no doubt issues will arise, but how do you best capture these issues quickly before they get a chance to snowball?

As IoT applications become more prevalent in our everyday lives, satellite IoT is a rapidly growing industry. With over half a million New Zealand businesses connected to some form of IoT and approximately 13.1 billion connected devices world-wide (42 billion installed and unconnected), it is not surprising that some form of global coverage will be a necessity in the future.

The Transmission Gully Motorway has a ‘first of its kind in NZ’ radar system. This system enables the operations team to respond to events immediately, 24/7, and uses radar sensors to monitor the motorway at all times for incidents which require a response. The system has 100% coverage of the 28 km motorway, which could quite possibly make Transmission Gully one of the safest stretches of motorway in New Zealand.

Since 2008 Beta Solutions Ltd has been privileged to provide electronic design and production solutions for our clients. During this time (like many businesses) there have always been challenges* and opportunities, and learning to adapt has been essential.

The global chip shortage of 2020 - 2022 is an on-going problem affecting many industries and businesses. Those affected may not even be in manufacturing, but could be anyone who relies on modern technological devices.

One of our team members recently attended the Edge AI and Vision Alliance Summit to learn about the recent developments and trends in Visual Artificial Intelligence (AI). We thought we would share some of these learnings with you....