Adcom Computers and Communication is an Electronic Design
Center and more…
Adcom takes responsibility on an Electronic board design from the very
first step the customer wishes Adcom to be involved. The customer may come with
an idea, a sketch, a picture or a working prototype or a SOW (scope of work)
document.
Adcom management sets up a team for the project purpose with a Project
manager as a POC to the customer. Then the team learns the SOW document and the
board is divided functionally among the members according to their best
suitable capabilities – H/W; PS design; S/W; Layout etc. Board block diagrams
and Software flow charts are then created to cover the board functionality. During
the daily design routine, the team interacts on a need basis and once a week a
formal project status review takes place. Review and colleague reviews are part
of the process as well as formal reviews with or without the customer. Once a
review is completed, Action items are derived, and the team continues with the
tasks, to the next phase in the board design, might it be simulation; layout or
code writing. Once the components have been chosen and studied, the schematic
is completed and the layout takes place, based on an inhouse symbol and footprint
library. Choosing the right PCB material, stack-up and design rules, is a major
factor in the success of first time right for the board design functionality. A
Critical design review takes place upon the design completion and a thorough checklist
is followed as to not to miss any of the board requests, or testing modes. Lots
of effort is put in the design of the tests to be done once the PCA arrives
after the assembly and the s/w needs to be loaded or booted into it. The BIT (Build
in test) is the first test to be run on the boards, after verifying that all
the Power Supplies are alive, configured and work according to their planned
functionality.
The production phase is done by subcontractors, who have been certified
by Adcom, or chosen by the customer. Adcom team is connected with the best PCB
manufacturer worldwide, and with Assembly houses within Israel to implement he
assembly process of the new cards.
Once the project is completed, the customer has accepted it and has no
further requests. The projects is then archived with all data in Adcom, and the
customer gets all his sources.
In case maintenance is required then a separate agreement takes place.
