Modular Design
"Project Christine is a computer that can be assembled and upgraded quickly, without technical knowledge, by plugging a series of plastic modules containing its components into a central dock"- Razer company's idea
Many years ago I used to teach an A+ certification course. In this course we would teach the student hardware and software concepts in the design of computers. It was a cool class that I wish I had taken when I was starting college.
On the first day of the course I would describe how a computer was designed internally. I would sketch the internals and tell a story of how the modular design can be thought through from power supply to drives. Shortly after walking through it, I would ask several volunteers to repeat the story.
After the lecture part, one to one and a half hours, I would walk the students to a lab and had each one of them completely disassemble a computer down to empty case. The students were instructed that they could not leave to go home until the computer was put together and running. Amazingly, 100% of the students succeeded.
What is neat about Razer's computer design is that it is even more modular than most computers. But Project Christine takes this concept to an extreme. The plastic modules simply snap into a back plane that has a power and communication bus. Wow! You do not even have to take the computer apart.
Today's question is:
"What you work on that can be reduced into modules?"
"Project Christine is a computer that can be assembled and upgraded quickly, without technical knowledge, by plugging a series of plastic modules containing its components into a central dock"- Razer company's idea
Many years ago I used to teach an A+ certification course. In this course we would teach the student hardware and software concepts in the design of computers. It was a cool class that I wish I had taken when I was starting college.
On the first day of the course I would describe how a computer was designed internally. I would sketch the internals and tell a story of how the modular design can be thought through from power supply to drives. Shortly after walking through it, I would ask several volunteers to repeat the story.
After the lecture part, one to one and a half hours, I would walk the students to a lab and had each one of them completely disassemble a computer down to empty case. The students were instructed that they could not leave to go home until the computer was put together and running. Amazingly, 100% of the students succeeded.
What is neat about Razer's computer design is that it is even more modular than most computers. But Project Christine takes this concept to an extreme. The plastic modules simply snap into a back plane that has a power and communication bus. Wow! You do not even have to take the computer apart.
Today's question is:
"What you work on that can be reduced into modules?"
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