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2 articles filed under Testing.
Dfmea for a first prototype: a design fmea walkthrough, and where AI helps
A design FMEA is the cheapest place to break your product. Run on a first prototype, it tells you which failures matter, what to change before the next build, and which tests the prototype must pass. Here is how we run a DFMEA for prototypes using the AIAG-VDA steps, why Action Priority beats a simple RPN, and where AI genuinely speeds it up.
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Hardware beta testing: how to run a prototype beta that finds real problems
A beta test is the first time your product lives without you in the room. Run it well and it finds the problems your bench tests missed. Run it loosely and you get a pile of opinions and a few dead units nobody can explain.
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