Logical’s Design Process
The Logical Company utilizes the latest tools and technologies to make our design process efficient and effective. We follow ISO-9001:2008 standards to ensure control and continual improvement of our products and processes.
Planning
The planning stage is a critical component to the success of development projects. We perform an assessment of technical feasibility, identify design inputs and resources and provide our customers a design service estimate. We capture all the product requirements on a data sheet and provide for customer review and acceptance prior to development.
| Idea | Screening | Concept Development |
|---|---|---|
| Market research | Technical feasibility | Project Quality Plan |
| Assessment | ROM / Financial viability | Identify inputs |
| Customer request | Capability to product and market | Design Service Estimate |
| Data sheet / requirements | ||
| Customer acceptance |
Development
The development stage begins after customer acceptance of the data sheet and all requirements have been properly defined and agreed upon. Our engineers get to work designing a prototype which includes PCB hardware, FPGA design and any software or mechanical assemblies needed in the design. Our technical writers work closely with the engineers to create user manuals, reference guides and internal test instructions.
| Hardware | Software | Mechanical | Publications | Material (prototype) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Component research | Diagnostics | Fabrication & silkscreen | User Manual | PCB and Components |
| PCB, FPGA Design | Application and Utilities | Cables | Reference guides | Fabrication |
| Bill of Materials | JTAG | Documentation | Review | Cables |
| Simulation & Test Modules | Documentation | Review | Assembly | |
| Documentation | Review | Review | ||
| Review |
Verification, Validation and Release
Our designs go through a stringent verification and validation process to ensure a quality product to our customers. We develop internal diagnostics for each design and also utilize boundary-scan with JTAG software to identify manufacturing defects and perform functional testing on critical components. We validate our products either at our factory or in the customer’s application to ensure the prototype meets all the customer’s requirements.
| Verification | Validation | Release |
|---|---|---|
| Verification Plan & Report | Validation / Acceptance Plan | Production documents |
| Hardware verification | Internal validation report | Press release, website, price list |
| Software verification | Customer Validation Report | Training |
| Review | Review | |
| Ship product |
Monitor and Improve
The Logical Company is committed to on-going customer service and we pride ourselves on building quality products and strong customer relationships. We work closely with our customers to monitor the success of the project and look for areas to continually improve our product and processes to help us exceed our customer’s expectations.
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