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How not to fail at electronic products
Time and time again we read about a hot new Kickstarter tech product. How could we live our lives without this latest gadget? Hundreds of backers and millions of dollars are raised, progress begins and enthusiastic posts come along. “Functional demonstrator ready!” “First prototype revealed!” “Developing into prodcution model!”…. then quite often the mood takes…
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Torbett Design gains Cyber Essentials approval and DSTL R-Cloud supplier approval
Torbett Design Ltd is proud to announce its approval to the Cyber Essentials IT security standard by the National Cyber Security Centre and APMG International. This certification means that the IT infrastructure and practices have been evaluated and found to meet a minimum standard for the security of information and the protection against cyber attacks.…
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The Internet of Good Things
In a couple of days time I am heading back to South India for the first time since I worked there over 10 years ago. Back to one of my favourite places in the world, Kerala. In August, parts of the state experienced the worst flooding for nearly a hundred years, brought about by extremely…
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New Lab Equipment
To add to my slowly growing lab capabilities, last month I acquired a Fluke 8840A 5.5 digit multimeter and a FeelElec FY6800 60MHz digital signal generator / counter. The Fluke is a second-hand device I found on eBay, and although it looks like it’s been well used it’s in good working order and still in…
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Fail fast, not hard, to succeed.
Too many technology projects fail because they try to run before they can walk. Tech is hard. Hardware is harder. We exist in a world where we are now surrounded by things which make the complex look deceivingly simple, and in bringing your technology idea to life it is all too common to shoot for…
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