Consumer

Consumer electronics continues in its trend of convergence, combining elements of many consumer electronic items. The consumer faces different decisions when purchasing their items including shrinking of choice of retailers and the rise of manufacturer status within the home. Manufacturers are finding it increasingly important to rapidly develop new products while protecting their brand. CIMTEK functional test systems, test data analysis software and professional services ensures that quality products are produced quickly and cost-effectively.

CIMTEK has developed solutions for consumer electronics products which include:

• Computing platforms
• Personal safety
• Disk drives
• Gaming consoles
• Peripherals
• Audio/video systems
• Mobile devices
• Home security
• Personal transportation

CASE STUDY:

A customer in the consumer electronics gaming console market required a quick go-to-market strategy for high volume production. CIMTEK engaged at a high level with the customer, reviewing the testing requirements, the test plans, the design validation, the software testing integration capabilities and the sourcing of outsourced manufacturers. CIMTEK worked with the customer over a period of 18 months to refine the testability of the product, determine critical test parameters for production and quality control, and engaged with the outsourced manufacturers to bring up the volume assembly lines. CIMTEK's solution was able to be deployed in a design cycle and production cycle. CIMTEK utilized its Asian work force to deploy the assembly lines and ensure that a copy-exactly requirement set was in place. The net result to the customer was a product executed to market from design to over 250,000 a week, in less than 18 months, with very low failure rate, ensuring a market lead against the competition.