How Important is Reliability

Abstract

Kirk and Fred discussing the value of reliability in consumer electronics in comparison to the rapid technological improvements.

Key Points

Join Kirk and Fred as they discuss Kirk’s recent upgrade of his own personal technology from older HDTV displays to current UHD (Ultra-high definition) TVs. This leads to the discussion of the the overall importance of reliability in rapidly improving technologies.

Topics include:

Lack of reliability testing information or quantified reliability in consumer electronics
The rapid technological improvements and cost reductions of electronics
the rapid consolidation of hardware and software features and functions helps increase overall reliability

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SOR 186 How Important is ReliabilityKirk Gray

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Show Notes

For more information about Kirk, please visit his website at www.acceleratedreliabilitysolutions.com

Here is a link to the new book by Kirk Gray and John Paschkewitz, “Next Generation HALT and HASS: Robust Design of Electronics and Systems”

About Kirk Gray

My Passion for developing reliable products

Why did it fail?

This is the fundamental question that drove my career from first repairing electronics in the 1970’s to today. It was from this perspective that my passion for reliability engineering grew from investigating, discovering and understanding of why products fail. By starting with how electronics systems actually fail (empirical not theoretical) gave me a frame of reference to understand ways to rapidly discover failure mechanisms.

Comments

David Coit says

February 13, 2017 at 11:27 AM

I heard the new podcast. I had the same DLP TV as Kirk. I think I kept mine for almost 10 years, but for me it was lamp failures that drove me crazy. Kirk said that his never failed, so he dodged that bullet. It’s very easy to replace the lamps, but very expensive ! I had to replace it twice, and when it failed again, I simply replaced the whole TV instead of another $200+ lamp.

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- Fred Schenkelberg says
  
  February 13, 2017 at 11:51 AM
  
  Thanks for listening and adding a comment David. very much appreciated. I wonder if 10 years was long enough to get sufficient value from the device (TV in this case)? Is the price point linked to expected duration or something else? cheers, Fred
  
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