Hi, I'm a software engineer from JVC
For R&D mainly we have a team that specialize to design the body parts, a team to design the electrical part and a team to design the software; the team I'm currently in.
The cycles for each camcorder models to be completed normally within 6 months and in average we have 3-5 models being developed in parallel at the same time.
Wow.
Welcome, Sir.
Thanks!
Hi, I'm a software engineer from JVC
For R&D mainly we have a team that specialize to design the body parts, a team to design the electrical part and a team to design the software; the team I'm currently in.
The cycles for each camcorder models to be completed normally within 6 months and in average we have 3-5 models being developed in parallel at the same time.
Really interesting, welcome!
I have a question for you, IF you are allowed to answer: How many prototype cycles do you need to make before SOP?
I ask you this because in the boards we often see "REV 1.0" or "1.1"; in my past company* we released even some "REV 7.0" boards!
So, what is a standard acceptable number of revisions, both for mechanics and electronics?
Thank you.
*yes, I also used to be a consumer electronics designer; luckily I am not anymore!
I'm not from the main branch (Japan) so I'm not sure how many prototype cycles they did before they send the board to us.
but AFAIK, from our stage, normally it's 2 revisions, but in rare cases, it might get to 4 revisions, usually depends on QA judgement.
But take this with a grain of salt since I'm just their software guy.
And, to paraphrase Dave's question, who designed the power connector, and why???
I don't know who design it at first but sales side is the one to decide on which kind of connector to be used on a particular model.
Maybe their target market widely using those type of connector, or maybe they just want to finish out the existing stock. Who knows.
But most of the time we try not to argue about it because its their job to come out with the strategy, and they know better.
And also JVC profit most in Japan market, so I think they're considering more on Japan market demands compared to others.
Feel free to spam our sales team with your feedback, since all market complain is taken into consideration when we develop new models.