The design process “pain points” for electronic engineers
The study, “Design with Efficiency: Toward a Streamlined Process for Electronics-Industry Design Engineers,” surveyed more than 300 design engineers of varying age groups, working in diverse industrial sectors throughout the Americas, Europe and Asia-Pacific. It offers a unique insight into the top issues impacting today’s design engineering workflows.
“We asked design engineers from around the world specifically what they need to significantly improve their design efficiency. An overwhelming majority of respondents believe they spend too much time on processes that could be improved through better approaches to managing the vast amount of information available,” said Pamela J. Gordon, CMC, TFI. “Our findings underscore the electronics industry’s need for a more consolidated solution that helps advance the design process.”
Today’s Electronic Design “Pain Points”
The study underscores element14’s commitment to enhancing the design process, giving engineers consolidated design resources, increased collaboration with peers worldwide who are working on similar stages of the product design lifecycle, and access to reliable search sources.
Key findings
More than 70 percent of design engineers rely heavily on online forums, blogs and engineering communities to collaborate with peers and share insight on components and design processes. Engineers spend about 50 percent of their research time online, coupled with the remaining time spent talking with vendors, customers and using internal tools. A majority of respondents cited the earlier stages of design as the most challenging, with an average of 41 percent of design time spent on concept development. Specialised information as well as performance failure rates and component lifecycle data are particularly difficult to collect. A lack of consolidated online tools and databases hinder their ability to make accurate comparisons.
Survey respondents also provided insight into the specific challenges they face when using online tools to sift through large volumes of data, including the problem caused by limited access to available data resources to ensure unbiased results, and the difficulty of staying abreast of quickly changing legislation.
The growing database of design tools, services and components accessible through the element14 knode can increase productivity and accelerate time to market, including search automation and configuration for project specific design flows, development tools and application reference designs, operating systems and stacks, development and CAD tools, and PCB services and test solutions. Engineers can then quickly and easily click-through to purchase the full range of technology needed to support the design, prototype and ultimately manufacturing process.
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