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Enclosure Design 101

While the power of a hardware product comes from its internal components, a product is typically recognized by its enclosure, the outer shell that encloses electronic products, making them appealing and user-friendly. In this post, I’m going to walk you through the steps for designing a basic enclosure, using the design of a IoT plant […]

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How to Design for Cost (And Avoid Costly Mistakes)

Bad cost decisions don’t happen at the quote stage—they happen at the design stage. Join Tessa Axsom (Sr. PMM – CNC, Fictiv), and John Williams (Technical Training Manager, MISUMI USA) as they walk you through the most common cost drivers in custom manufactured parts, the hidden costs that blindside teams, and practical strategies to cut BOM […]

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Aerospace Materials and Finishes: Component Design for Spacecraft and Satellites

Engineering for Vacuum, Thermal Extremes, and Reliability Aerospace materials and finishes for spacecraft must be selected to withstand vacuum, radiation, thermal cycling, and outgassing. These conditions introduce failure modes such as cold welding, material degradation, and contamination of sensitive components, requiring material and surface finish selection to be evaluated together to ensure reliable performance in […]

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Teardown: The Breville Bambino Plus

High-Pressure Engineering in a Small Form Factor The Breville Bambino Plus compresses key espresso machine architectures—thermal management, pump-driven pressure control, and automated milk texturing—into a compact footprint. At the $500 price point, it occupies the middle ground between entry-level (home) and professional-grade (fancy bistro). After unboxing, we did what any sane engineering team would do: […]

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How to Build a BOM Strategically and Cost Down Your Part List

Chefs create recipes. Hardware engineers create BOMs and SOPs.  The bill of materials (BOM) acts as your product’s ingredient list—accounting for every part, material, and component—while standard operating procedures (SOP) are step-by-step build instructions. In this article, we’ll explain how to build a BOM that will help you clearly communicate your product’s material specifications to […]

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Living Hinge Design: How to Design a Living Hinge

A living hinge is a thin, flexible strip made from the same material as the connected parts, designed to let them bend or rotate without additional hardware. They are low-cost, easy to manufacture, and have little wear or friction involved in operation. But while the idea is simple, the execution can be more complicated. Living […]

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