Design-bites - Illustrated product design booklets by Andrew Taylor

Product description

A casserole of useful figures and formulae for industrial designers and design engineers. Sections currently cover electrical hardware and miscellaneous product design data. Metric-imperial (Europe-US) conversion tables are given. For design students, a list of generic web resources is offered. *A section on mechanisms is being prepared and will be added when complete.

39 pages                file size 0.8 MB

Booklet content

L1: Miscellaneous Electrical Hardware

• International mains supply voltages
• Battery technologies, properties, design guidelines
• Preferred units and relationships in electronics
• Metallic electrode potentials
• Standard international lamp cap sizes and uses
• Standard connectors for power, signals and data
• Cable management
• Printed circuit boards, standard Eurocard sizes
• Standard 19 inch rack and enclosure dimensions
• Resistor color codes
• Membrane switches and keypads
• Rubber switch mats

L2: Miscellaneous Design Data

• Metric / Imperial conversion tables
• Metric / SWG sheet thickness tables
• Metric drawing and letter sizes
• Image aspect ratios
• Table of material properties
• Physics data (sound, light, gravity)
• Material strength calculations
• Designing coil springs
• Hardness scales
• Linear and circular motion
• Geodesic forms (polyhedra)
• Geometry (planes and solids)

Includes www links to further resources, organizations and suppliers.

L3: Generic Design Resources (web links)

• Design Engineering resources
• Industrial Design Resources

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