BLUEPRINT
Acquisition and Reinvention
At the start of 2021, Sphero Inc. acquired our startup, MORE Technologies to integrate our modular robotics platform with their educational robotics products.
The transition from startup to corporate methodologies brought many new changes and insights to the modular system.
LittleBits, The Inspiration
An interesting but very flawed modular electronics system. We started blueprint based on the high level paradigms of the littlebits system, without carrying on the underlying designs
Blueprint Embedded Design
Schematic design of a "bit" in the new Blueprint modular electronics system. Each modular "bit" was an independent processing circuit
Dense, Efficient, Layouts
PCB layout of a dense board in the modular system. Layout of complex circuits in restricted space constraints became a common challenge in this system
Inter-team Concurrent Prototyping
PCB 3D layout of the display "bit" of the Blueprint modular electronics system. While designing the schematic and layout for the "bits", the connector and cable design were actively developed in tandem with the mechanical team
Design for Mass Manufacturing
Packaged prototype "bits" for the modular electronics system. I worked closely with our manufacturers in the US and China to negotiate for optimal deals on components that would remain stable in the, at the time, uncertain electronics supply chain
LittleBits, The Inspiration
An interesting but very flawed modular electronics system. We started blueprint based on the high level paradigms of the littlebits system, without carrying on the underlying designs
Blueprint Embedded Design
Schematic design of a "bit" in the new Blueprint modular electronics system. Each modular "bit" was an independent processing circuit
Dense, Efficient, Layouts
PCB layout of a dense board in the modular system. Layout of complex circuits in restricted space constraints became a common challenge in this system
Inter-team Concurrent Prototyping
PCB 3D layout of the display "bit" of the Blueprint modular electronics system. While designing the schematic and layout for the "bits", the connector and cable design were actively developed in tandem with the mechanical team
Design for Mass Manufacturing
Packaged prototype "bits" for the modular electronics system. I worked closely with our manufacturers in the US and China to negotiate for optimal deals on components that would remain stable in the, at the time, uncertain electronics supply chain
LittleBits, The Inspiration
An interesting but very flawed modular electronics system. We started blueprint based on the high level paradigms of the littlebits system, without carrying on the underlying designs
Blueprint Embedded Design
Schematic design of a "bit" in the new Blueprint modular electronics system. Each modular "bit" was an independent processing circuit
Dense, Efficient, Layouts
PCB layout of a dense board in the modular system. Layout of complex circuits in restricted space constraints became a common challenge in this system
Inter-team Concurrent Prototyping
PCB 3D layout of the display "bit" of the Blueprint modular electronics system. While designing the schematic and layout for the "bits", the connector and cable design were actively developed in tandem with the mechanical team
Design for Mass Manufacturing
Packaged prototype "bits" for the modular electronics system. I worked closely with our manufacturers in the US and China to negotiate for optimal deals on components that would remain stable in the, at the time, uncertain electronics supply chain
LittleBits, The Inspiration
An interesting but very flawed modular electronics system. We started blueprint based on the high level paradigms of the littlebits system, without carrying on the underlying designs
Blueprint Embedded Design
Schematic design of a "bit" in the new Blueprint modular electronics system. Each modular "bit" was an independent processing circuit
Dense, Efficient, Layouts
PCB layout of a dense board in the modular system. Layout of complex circuits in restricted space constraints became a common challenge in this system
Inter-team Concurrent Prototyping
PCB 3D layout of the display "bit" of the Blueprint modular electronics system. While designing the schematic and layout for the "bits", the connector and cable design were actively developed in tandem with the mechanical team
Design for Mass Manufacturing
Packaged prototype "bits" for the modular electronics system. I worked closely with our manufacturers in the US and China to negotiate for optimal deals on components that would remain stable in the, at the time, uncertain electronics supply chain
Key Skills and Developments
Key Skills
and
Developments
Product redesign and hardening
Design for mass manufacturing
PCB and Connector design for data integrity
Supplier/Manufacturer relations and negotiation