{"id":194,"date":"2025-09-22T14:03:07","date_gmt":"2025-09-22T21:03:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/?page_id=194"},"modified":"2025-09-27T00:11:19","modified_gmt":"2025-09-27T07:11:19","slug":"prototyping-and-testing","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/?page_id=194","title":{"rendered":"Prototyping and Testing"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"wp-block-group alignfull has-accent-background-color has-background has-global-padding is-layout-constrained wp-container-core-group-is-layout-73128380 wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\" style=\"margin-top:0;margin-bottom:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--50)\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-vertical is-content-justification-stretch is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-c042bc37 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\" style=\"min-height:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-heading-font-family has-x-large-font-size wp-block-paragraph\" style=\"line-height:1.2\">Prototyping and Testing<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-0733e5d0 wp-block-paragraph\">Have an idea, a plan, a diagram, a pile of components that need to be put together, a control system for equipment not designed for one?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">From optocouplers for isolation that were left out from the original design and no one know why the digital ICs keep exploding to &#8220;why is an incandescent brake light bulb from a 1960s Chrysler being used as a protection circuit in a speaker&#8221; that maybe should be replaced with something that is a little more robust.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">These are the kinds of problems that I have to solve in the past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Then again sometimes solid state isn&#8217;t the answer. I love to work with tube circuits (paranoid of the inevitable EMP). This is the fun part of Electronics, why spend a fortune on a fully engineered solution when you need to prove the value of a concept. Once we get it working, then let the engineers complete a viable product with those associated costs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Arduino is our friend, it just works and is simple and cheap to play with. Come to me with a concept, we can test if the idea works, document it, then start the commercial development process, don&#8217;t spend tens of thousand to find a dud, spend 5% of it to get a working concept prototype.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-rounded is-style-rounded--1\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"768\" src=\"https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3276-1024x768.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-247\" style=\"aspect-ratio:4\/3;object-fit:cover\" srcset=\"https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3276-1024x768.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3276-300x225.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3276-768x576.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3276-1536x1152.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/randyfrank.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/09\/IMG_3276-2048x1536.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Prototyping and Testing Have an idea, a plan, a diagram, a pile of components that need to be put together, a control system for equipment not designed for one? 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