Posted Apr 22, 2011, by Paul Johnston
Developing global platform cars is not easy. The workload of engineers designing electrical interconnect and delivering a manufacturing BOM for suppliers is considerable. The reality of electrical and electronic feature proliferation in a vehicle platform is somewhere between harsh and vicious for electrical design and wiring engineers.
Not that I’ve personally tried to knock together a car … Read More
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Electrical Design Systems,
Electrical Design,
Electrical Distribution Systems,
automotive wiring harness,
Capital,
Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design,
Electrical Interconnect Design,
CHS,
Wire Harness,
circuit design software,
Capital Harness,
Wiring Harness,
Capital Harness Systems
Posted Jan 26, 2010, by Paul Johnston
I’ll get to the business of estimating the cost of engineering changes to wiring harnesses in a minute or two. You don’t want to overpay or undercharge. You want your estimates to be true and accurate. First a historical digression to identify where the phrase quoted after the colon in the title comes from.
It is from the writings of Benjamin Franklin. An unabashed interest in self-improvement … Read More
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Harness,
Electrical Distribution Systems,
IESF,
Capital Architect,
Capital H,
Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design,
Wire Harness,
Cost Estimation,
Electrical Design Systems,
CHS,
CHS Captial Costing
Posted Jan 21, 2010, by Paul Johnston
Two months to go approximately to the Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum in Detroit. It will be the tenth such event. In December 2008 in Detroit there were 600 registrations for this event. It is substantial. Breaking news. You heard what follows first here.
he Mentor Graphics Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum (IESF) 2010 is an event for design engineers, engineering management and executives … Read More
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CHS,
Dearborn MI,
Integrated Electrical Solutions Forum,
Detroit,
Electrical Distribution Systems,
Electrical Design,
Electrical Engineering,
Electrical Design Systems,
Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design,
IESF,
Wire Harness,
Trade Shows
Posted Jan 17, 2010, by Paul Johnston
This is the concluding section of a short series of looking ahead to the new decade of harness engineering and electrical systems design for automotive and other transportation sectors. This final post is dedicated mainly to a short assessment of the physical implementation of the designs – the raw materials and sub-assemblies. My personal opinion is either correct or incorrect. Time will tell and … Read More
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CHS,
Electrical Design Systems,
Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design,
Electrical Engineering,
Wire Harness,
Electrical Distribution System,
Electrical Distribution Systems
Posted Jan 7, 2010, by Paul Johnston
Here’s to a New Year and a happy one with a capital H. And a Capital C and S wrapped around the H. A new decade and a new rash of predictions from pundits I notice from my holiday period reading. So I thought why not join in!
Here is what I think it will look like to stay ahead of the competition, protect your customer relationships and have excellent service offerings over the next 10 years. It … Read More
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Wire Harness,
Capital Harness Systems,
CHS,
Automotive Electrical and Electronic Systems Design,
Electrical Design Systems,
Electrical Distribution Systems,
Electrical Design,
Electrical Design Standards for Wiring Harnesses
Posted Nov 19, 2009, by Paul Johnston
A lot in Electrical CAD and manufacturing quality hinges on data accuracy and completeness of the library data. From the carrion-crow-like perch of someone supporting design automation software, the immense and patient contribution of the ECAD librarians is often missed.
A couple of co-inciding recent events brought me to a renewed understanding of the significance of the work librarians do. Those … Read More
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Library,
Librarian,
Quality,
Capital Harness XC,
Capital Library,
Capital Harness,
Electrical Design Systems,
Extensibility,
CHS,
ECAD Library
Posted Jul 27, 2009, by Paul Johnston
I had a chance to chat with my friend and former colleague Bob Valascho, a product specialist for Capital until his retirement a couple of months ago. He had a distinguished and productive career with full service suppliers, original equipment makers and software organizations after military service. Bob travelled extensively around the world in his career, but lived all the while in Michigan.
Bob … Read More
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Expertise,
Electrical Distribution Systems,
FMEA,
Capital Harness Systems,
Best Practice,
CHS,
Generative Flow,
EDS,
Implementation Projects,
Electrical Design Systems,
Deployment,
Robert Valascho,
Career
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