Project Details
I use your non-disclosure.
I do a short review of the requested project to see whether or not it is doable before I will commit to the project....there is no charge for this review, you will be supplied with reasons as to why I will not take on your project.
Projects can start before all the contract formalities are ratified and signed.
I only charge by the project....not the hours.
Payments are due within our agreements and payable to Uncommon Research Services.
Periodic progress updates will be given.
I communicate by phone and email....I will meet with clients personally within reason as long as my expenses are paid (expenses will be itemized).
Reports of findings are available in .PDF, reports are written using Google Docs or Google Sheets....other formats available on request.
For certain kinds of findings, such as for IP and Patent projects, I'll expect privileges provided by your legal counsel.
Ongoing projects come to a grinding halt if payments are not received by agreed upon dates.
I can adapt to your accounting and project management reporting requirements and formats.
If there are any other needs you have....we can discuss those.
Background
More than 35 years in the electronics and product development industry.
I've abeen using PC computers since the Windows 3.1 days....tho before PC came around I used a number of semiconductor test mainframe and mini-computers from Zilog, HP, Data General, Fairchild Sentry and others to test semiconductors (packaged and wafer die). Programs were read on paper or magnetic tape or from a 3-foot diameter hard disk. And way back when I was in high school in the mid-70s I wrote a number of programs using either HP-BASIC or Fortran to run through a HP 2116A computer or on an IBM-360 at the local community college. Some of the programs were written on cards with a No. 2 pencil for the mainframe's optical reader.
After using an WinXP computer well passed support....I put Linux Mint on it...interesting OS...but I didn't stick with it. Instead....I bought a Chromebook and found I was using it far more than the Linux-based computer. Chromebooks and their Chrome OS doesn't suffer any of the problems common on Microsoft operating systems.
Currently, for home and business use, my Chromebook has proven to be an amazingly well-designed computer with a secure OS and a host of extremely useful programs. I write my reports on it, create music with music production software including playing my MIDI keyboard on it through a MIDI-USB cable, stream videos, work on my extensive Soundcloud account and create music playlists, edit photos on it, do all my social networking on it, read my technical journals and trade mags on it and write blogs on it. I use it for all my technical research. Yes...I'm a cloud guy. One of these days maybe I'll load up a Linux distro on it and dual boot, but so far I haven't found any particular need to do that yet.
Product Knowledge for Product Design
RF, Wireless Radio Telecom 824MHz - 2.170GHz , Pico/Femto/Macro-cell, Backhaul, Penta/Quad Antennas, Fiber Optics, Optical Transports, Satellite Telemetry, Metamaterials (Split Ring Resonators), Computers, Cameras, Image Processing, AD/DA, Automatic Test Equipment, Process Control, Industrial Automation, Sensors, Monitoring, Electronics for Veneer/Plywood, LED Digital Displays, Electronics for Pulp & Paper, Virtual Reality, CATV Amplifiers, Embedded Designs, ATE, SBC, Backplanes, PCBs, Connectorization, Wire and Cable, Enclosures, Plastics, Machined Parts, Sheet Metal, Discrete Circuits, 8, 16, 32 and 64-bit Processors, 24/48V, Power Design, Opto-Electronics, Positioning Tables, etc.
Semiconductors: CMOS, PMOS, NMOS, MNOS, memory, logic, data acquisition, analog, gate arrays, PALs, processors, etc. JAN testing, 883, 38510, static and dynamic burn-in testing, leakage, parametric testing, environmental testing, -55 to +155-deg testing
Quality, Standards, Parts Management
ISO/QS/TL-9000, ISO 14001, Agency Standards TUV, VDE, CSA, JEDEC, ROHS, REACH - SVHCs, Battery Directive, WEEE, Material Declaration, IPC-1752, UL-94V-0 Flammability, E-Cards, CE, CB, NEBS, Spec and Control Drawings, NRTL, CDRH, MIL-Std, IHS, Tactech, Thru-Hole and SMT Parts, BOMs, ECOs, PCNs, Parts Obsolescence, EOL, Failure Analysis Coordination, Cost Reduction, Patent Issues, Feasibility Analysis, Agile-PLM, MRP, ERP, Word, Excel, Internet, Adobe PDF, Google, Firefox
Titles Held
.Hardware Component Engineer I, II and III
.Web Portal Software Beta Release Program Manager and Technical Liaison to Computer OEMs Worldwide
I use your non-disclosure.
I do a short review of the requested project to see whether or not it is doable before I will commit to the project....there is no charge for this review, you will be supplied with reasons as to why I will not take on your project.
Projects can start before all the contract formalities are ratified and signed.
I only charge by the project....not the hours.
Payments are due within our agreements and payable to Uncommon Research Services.
Periodic progress updates will be given.
I communicate by phone and email....I will meet with clients personally within reason as long as my expenses are paid (expenses will be itemized).
Reports of findings are available in .PDF, reports are written using Google Docs or Google Sheets....other formats available on request.
For certain kinds of findings, such as for IP and Patent projects, I'll expect privileges provided by your legal counsel.
Ongoing projects come to a grinding halt if payments are not received by agreed upon dates.
I can adapt to your accounting and project management reporting requirements and formats.
If there are any other needs you have....we can discuss those.
Background
More than 35 years in the electronics and product development industry.
I've abeen using PC computers since the Windows 3.1 days....tho before PC came around I used a number of semiconductor test mainframe and mini-computers from Zilog, HP, Data General, Fairchild Sentry and others to test semiconductors (packaged and wafer die). Programs were read on paper or magnetic tape or from a 3-foot diameter hard disk. And way back when I was in high school in the mid-70s I wrote a number of programs using either HP-BASIC or Fortran to run through a HP 2116A computer or on an IBM-360 at the local community college. Some of the programs were written on cards with a No. 2 pencil for the mainframe's optical reader.
After using an WinXP computer well passed support....I put Linux Mint on it...interesting OS...but I didn't stick with it. Instead....I bought a Chromebook and found I was using it far more than the Linux-based computer. Chromebooks and their Chrome OS doesn't suffer any of the problems common on Microsoft operating systems.
Currently, for home and business use, my Chromebook has proven to be an amazingly well-designed computer with a secure OS and a host of extremely useful programs. I write my reports on it, create music with music production software including playing my MIDI keyboard on it through a MIDI-USB cable, stream videos, work on my extensive Soundcloud account and create music playlists, edit photos on it, do all my social networking on it, read my technical journals and trade mags on it and write blogs on it. I use it for all my technical research. Yes...I'm a cloud guy. One of these days maybe I'll load up a Linux distro on it and dual boot, but so far I haven't found any particular need to do that yet.
Product Knowledge for Product Design
RF, Wireless Radio Telecom 824MHz - 2.170GHz , Pico/Femto/Macro-cell, Backhaul, Penta/Quad Antennas, Fiber Optics, Optical Transports, Satellite Telemetry, Metamaterials (Split Ring Resonators), Computers, Cameras, Image Processing, AD/DA, Automatic Test Equipment, Process Control, Industrial Automation, Sensors, Monitoring, Electronics for Veneer/Plywood, LED Digital Displays, Electronics for Pulp & Paper, Virtual Reality, CATV Amplifiers, Embedded Designs, ATE, SBC, Backplanes, PCBs, Connectorization, Wire and Cable, Enclosures, Plastics, Machined Parts, Sheet Metal, Discrete Circuits, 8, 16, 32 and 64-bit Processors, 24/48V, Power Design, Opto-Electronics, Positioning Tables, etc.
Semiconductors: CMOS, PMOS, NMOS, MNOS, memory, logic, data acquisition, analog, gate arrays, PALs, processors, etc. JAN testing, 883, 38510, static and dynamic burn-in testing, leakage, parametric testing, environmental testing, -55 to +155-deg testing
Quality, Standards, Parts Management
ISO/QS/TL-9000, ISO 14001, Agency Standards TUV, VDE, CSA, JEDEC, ROHS, REACH - SVHCs, Battery Directive, WEEE, Material Declaration, IPC-1752, UL-94V-0 Flammability, E-Cards, CE, CB, NEBS, Spec and Control Drawings, NRTL, CDRH, MIL-Std, IHS, Tactech, Thru-Hole and SMT Parts, BOMs, ECOs, PCNs, Parts Obsolescence, EOL, Failure Analysis Coordination, Cost Reduction, Patent Issues, Feasibility Analysis, Agile-PLM, MRP, ERP, Word, Excel, Internet, Adobe PDF, Google, Firefox
Titles Held
.Hardware Component Engineer I, II and III
.Web Portal Software Beta Release Program Manager and Technical Liaison to Computer OEMs Worldwide
.Purchasing and Manufacturing Coordinator
.Technical Buyer for Engineering Department
.Purchasing Agent
.Materials Coordinator
.Semiconductor assembly, final test, burn-in and parametric testing in Silicon Valley
.Confidential-Secret Clearance to test JAN (Joint Army Navy) semiconductor products
.Technical Buyer for Engineering Department
.Purchasing Agent
.Materials Coordinator
.Semiconductor assembly, final test, burn-in and parametric testing in Silicon Valley
.Confidential-Secret Clearance to test JAN (Joint Army Navy) semiconductor products
Past OEM Companies I've Worked For (past to present)
Nitron....semiconductor OEM
Zilog.....semiconductor OEM
Maxim Integrated Products.....semiconductor OEM
Support Technologies....portable upr emulation VME automatic test equipment OEM
E.F. Lofquist Company....industrial automation and control OEM for the plywood/veneer industry
Weyerhaeuser -Sensor and Simulation Products division OEM (think tank)....boiler video monitoring systems and sensors, wood chip sifters, laboratory paper making and analysis products for the pulp and paper industry
Unison Group Product Development....embedded electronics design engineering company
Eldec - Avionics division....power electronics OEM for private, commercial and military aircraft
Microsoft - MSN software division
Thomas & Betts - Augat Communications division....CATV amplifier and distribution products OEM
Telect...copper, fiber optic, power, telecom and network communications OEM
Radioframe Networks....radio femto-pico-cell and iDEN backhaul telecom network products OEM (2G, 3G, GPRS, EDGE, 3GPP, GSM)
