Enclosure Design of Electronics Equipment

The purpose of this course is to sensitise a registrant to various aspects of an electronics product. Specifically onnon electrical aspects like mechanical design and detailing. Starting from a need translated into specifications, leading to design and prototyping and ending up in a manufacturable physical prototype.INTENDED AUDIENCE: 3rd Year UG and PGPREREQUISITES: 12th Standard

1. Introduction to Products
2. Industrial Design and Product Design
3. Types of products ID as per ICSID and WIPO
4. Creativity in Product Design
5. Needs VS features
6. Product Conceptualisation
7. Sketching Basics
8. Sketching as a design tool
9. Using illustration software
10. Role of packaging and enclosures
11. Use of IP approved sets
12. Design of purpose built enclosures
13. Physical simulation of a small system
14. Basics of building a prototype mock up
15. Skills and specification in alternate material
16. Use of off the shelf electronic system
17. Gumstix, Beagle, Raqsberrypi, Arduino,
18. Kit application. Adaption for I/O
19. Development of Enclosures with Laser tools. Use of Flat Plastics
20. Product Specific Enclosure design
21. Application of CAD tools (dessault, Siemens. Autodesk, McNeil)
22. Design for FDM (3d printing)
23. Specifics of Design for production scale-up
24. Design of I/o interfaces Front panel layout and graphics
25. Basics of ergonomis
26. Connectors and wiring
27. Integration and Validation
28. Manufacturing documentation
29. Applicability for industry specific detailing
30. Sourcing and logistics of hardware
31. Areas for specialisation and future study
32. Review of course