Client:
The client is a leading aircraft galley inserts manufacturer in North America. They Design and manufacture galley inserts for Business and commercial aircrafts.
Business Need:
The Client was in need of aCost effective engineering and R&D services provider with expertise in embedded electronics & software technology for design and develop capacitive touch HMI keypad with backlight illumination and Controller PCB with TFT Display to control dual zone refrigerator.
Challenge:
- Optimum sizing to meet customer specified size requirement
- To reduce cost of manufacturing and ease of assembly
- Robust Structural design
- Material selection to meet12 sec vertical burn flammability requirements per FAA
- Design of Controller PCB and HMI keypad to meet RTCA DO-160 requirements for environmental and EMI/EMC
- RS485 software communication to Cabin management system for remote control and to display error messages
- Optimized thermal analysis of the PCB for worst case operating environment, analyzing the steady state conditions & thermal hotspot
Solutions:
- Successfully design and developed the HMI keypad along with controller PCB and TFT display
- Delivered the complete engineering drawings along with engineering reports
- Fabricated the first prototypes and tested for complete acceptance testing requirements
- Reliability analysis of controller PCB and estimated the MTBF hours
- Delivered User manual and CMM for operation and maintenance
- Provided cost effective design, manufacturing processes and material selection
- Tolerances stack up analysis for easy manufacturing and resolve assembly problem
- In time project completion by proper project and resource management to meet the customer schedule