{"id":4715,"date":"2013-10-27T20:00:21","date_gmt":"2013-10-28T01:00:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/qats.com\/cms\/?p=4715"},"modified":"2017-01-27T14:02:28","modified_gmt":"2017-01-27T18:02:28","slug":"what-online-thermal-engineering-tools-can-i-use-to-reduce-my-product-design-time-to-revenue","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.qats.com\/cms\/2013\/10\/27\/what-online-thermal-engineering-tools-can-i-use-to-reduce-my-product-design-time-to-revenue\/","title":{"rendered":"What Online Thermal Engineering Tools Can I Use To Reduce My Product Design Time-To-Revenue?"},"content":{"rendered":"

A recent article in Electronic Design<\/a> noted that:<\/p>\n

The number one thing engineers care about these days is time-to-market, or more aptly put, time-to-revenue. After all, companies are in business not to develop technology, but to make and sell products based on that technology.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Engineering is a wonderful mix of craft, science and business.\u00a0 We change lives (usually for the better) and make new things that open up whole worlds of opportunities for others.\u00a0\u00a0 But getting things to market is just as much a part of the process as coming up with the next great idea.\u00a0\u00a0 As engineers we love cool projects but as business people, optimizing the schedule (where it makes sense) to reduce time-to-revenue is important .\u00a0 There are a number of free on-line tools that can help with just that task.<\/p>\n

ATS Heat Sink Selection Tool: <\/strong> This tool gives engineers a way to get a choice set of heat sinks for a given semiconductor.\u00a0 This method can shrink the time it takes to choose the right heat sink for validation in an engineer’s lab.\u00a0 Just click to the tool, choose a component family or type in a component\u2019s part number, and the tool gives you a choice of heat sinks to jump-start an engineer’s design process.\u00a0 Click here to reach the heat sink selection tool<\/a><\/p>\n

The National Institute of Standards and Technology:<\/strong>\u00a0 An excellent reference guides for fluid properties.\u00a0 This can be an excellent reference to reduce the time to look up such properties while doing any thermal design:\u00a0 NIST Fluids WebBook Reference<\/a>.<\/p>\n

University of Waterloo’s MHTL on-line simulation tools<\/strong>: Lots of great online tools for conductivity, fluid properties, heat sink calculations and more MHTL On-Line Simulation Tools<\/a>.<\/p>\n

coolingZONE’s Design Corner:<\/strong> Online calculators around impingement heat transfer, radiation shielding, heat sink fin optimized spacing and more coolingZONE Design Corner Calculators<\/a>.<\/p>\n

The Thermal Wizard:<\/strong> A list of interesting online calculation tools including units conversion, conduction calculators, head loss coefficients, The Thermal Wizard<\/a><\/p>\n

CFD Online:<\/strong> CFD On-line maintains a list of on-line tools for CFD including air foil calculations, pipe flow calculations, power cycle analysis and more, CFD On-Line Tool List<\/a><\/p>\n

Easy Calculation:<\/strong> They have a few simple tools that might be more approachable than at coolingZONE or University of Waterloo; Easy Engineering Calculation Tools<\/a><\/p>\n

Arrow Electronics Lighting Designer<\/strong>: A free cloud based application platform to design LED lighting.\u00a0 Includes reference designs, thermal analysis tool, and simple menu based CAD tool.\u00a0 Arrow Electronics Lighting Designer<\/a><\/p>\n

Want to keep up to date on ATS products, services, free engineering webinars and our monthly Qpeda Thermal eMagazine? Subscribe to ATS<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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