3 Reasons Why In-House Manufacturing is a Mechanical Engineer’s Dream Come True
The ability to have all the relevant talent to design and manufacture a product in-house really is amazing, not to mention unusual. Most large product manufacturers outsource the bulk of their manufacturing overseas. There’s nothing necessarily wrong with this approach, but there are three inherent benefits of in-house manufacturing that are lost when the work is done by outside parties. 1) Direct & Frequent Communication Increases Efficiency My favorite part of having in-house manufacturing is the quick turnaround during the prototyping process. After I get the product brief (how many circuit boards it needs, whether it needs a power supply, etc.), I design the overall architecture of the product (how…
AVB Demystified #4: 12 AVB FAQs You Need Answers To
As AVB becomes a household name in the professional installed audio industry, there are always lingering questions and confusions that go along with that newness. Here’s 12 of 24 questions and answers about AVB. Look forward to the remaining 12 next month. Let’s dig in: 1) How does AVB fit with other technology like CobraNet® and VoIP? See diagram below: 2) Why do I need different switches to use AVB? The most important enabler for AVB technology is the AVB bridge/switch. Unlike current Ethernet switches, AVB switches have additional CPU processing to handle the additional traffic shaping, time synchronization and QoS requirements inherent in AVB-aware networks. The AVB bridges/switches provide…
Where Does Nexia Fit Now That TesiraFORTÉ Is Here?
Since the release of TesiraFORTÉ, Nexia has a new place in the Biamp product family, and there have been some questions about when you’d choose Nexia, and when you’d choose TesiraFORTÉ. We’re referring to Nexia as our basic DSP. Just to be clear, “basic” for Biamp means “at least powerful enough to do everything for a single room,” which is what the Nexia platform of DSPs does: videoconferencing, teleconferencing, speaker processing, multimedia presentation, and sound reinforcement. With that in mind, here are five key features and benefits of a Nexia solution that might make it more cost-effective to your client than a TesiraFORTÉ solution: 1) No Certification or Training Required…