Rob Evans is a technical editor for Altium Ltd. He received a Certificate in electronics engineering from the Royal Melbourne Institute of Technology (RMIT). Email address: rob.evans@altium.com Web site: http://www.altium.com
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July 22, 2009
[POV: Point Of View] The Design Creativity Debate Continues
It's not surprising that our recent article, "Have Designers Lost Their Ability To Be Creative?" generated some significant reader feedback. The article's author, Rob Evans of Altium, responds to their comments and encourages them to keep the conversation going.
May 28, 2009
[POV: Point Of View] Have Designers Lost The Ability To Be Creative?
Are you a creative person? Most of us have sufficient self belief to say yes. If you’re an electronics design engineer, it’s unquestionably true, because design is a creative process by definition. The real and challenging question, though, is if you apply that creativity to the benefit of the final product being developed. Watch out for the instinctive “yes” answer here, because that assumed truth needs scrutiny.
May 5, 2009
[Design View / Design Solution] Design Abstraction—A Practical View
The concept of applying a higher level of design abstraction to creative and engineering processes is so closely familiar that we probably take it for granted. From NC machines to SQL database systems, a high-level approach to capturing the design or operational intent of a system is universally accepted as the way it’s done.
