ALRIGHT ALRIGHT THANK YOU FOR COMING TO THIS THIRD MEETING OF THE UH UH DESIGN GROUP UM I THINK WE UH MADE SOME DEFINITE PROGRESS AT THE LAST ONE UM AND COME UP WITH SOME INTERESTING UH UH W SUGGESTIONS FOR OUR OUR NEW REMOTE CONTROL UM I'LL AGAIN VERY QUICKLY UH JUST PRESENT SOME NOTES OF THAT MEETING UM THE THE THE PROBLEM WITH EXISTING REMOTE CONTROLS WE FELT WAS THAT THEY'RE UGLY UM AND THAT PEOPLE ARE PREPARED TO PAY A PREMIUM FOR SOMETHING BETTER UM THEY'VE GOT LOTS OF BUTTONS ON THEM THAT UH PEOPLE DON'T USE AND FIND DIFFICULT TO LEARN UM AND PEOPLE LOSE THEM AND WE WE THOUGHT THAT F FOR OUR OUR NEW UH UH REMOTE CONTROL THAT EVERYBODY WILL WANT TO RUSH OUT AND BUY UM THAT WE'RE WE SHOULD LOOK AT SPEECH RECOGNITION RATHER THAN R RATHER THAN BUTTONS AND THAT IF WE HAVE ANY BUTTONS THEY SHOULD BE VERY FEW OF THEM AND ONLY FOR THOSE FUNCTIONS THAT ARE ACTUALLY IDENTIFIED THAT THAT PEOPLE USE THAT UM WE WANT TO GO FOR UH A LONG LASTING BATTERY THAT WE GUA WE GUARANTEE FOR THE LIFE OF THE UH UH THE PRODUCT AND A SHAPE THAT WILL BE INSTANTLY RECOGNISABLE A. UM AS UH A TRENDY REMOTE CONTROL AND AND B. AS UH A REAL REACTION PRODUCT SO THAT W UH WHEN PEOPLE ARE UH HAPPY WITH THAT THEY WILL THEY WILL WANT TO BUY UH EVERYTHING ELSE FROM US UH OKAY SO AGAIN UM I'LL WE'LL HAVE THE THREE THREE PRESENTATIONS FROM THE THE THE THREE OF YOU AND THEN UH WE'LL WE'LL MAKE A A FINAL A FINAL UH DECISION UM AND THE THE DECISIONS THAT WE NEED TO TO MAKE TODAY FINALLY ARE UM WHAT ENERGY SOURCE WE WANT TO USE WHETHER I IT IS PRACTICAL TO USE UH UM A A A LONG LASTING ONE AND UH I I THINK OUR DISCUSSION WAS AROUND THE FACT THAT UH IF WE'RE GONNA GO FOR UH A LONG LASTING POWER SUPPLY THEN BASICALLY IT'S UH SEALED FOR LIFE AND UH IF ANYBODY DOES MANAGE TO RUN ONE DOWN WE'LL WE'LL GIVE THEM ANOTHER ONE AND UH IT IT'LL BE UH YOU KNOW PROMINENTLY DISPLAYED AS PART OF THE TH THE ADVERTISING LITERATURE THAT IT'S UM UM YOU KNOW FOR LIFE GUARANTEED FOR LIFE UM NOW THE THE THE INTERNAL CHIP UM AND UH THIS IS WHERE I NEED UH UH KATE'S EXPERT ADVICE AND GIVEN THAT TH THIS HAS TO TO GO TO MARKET AS QUICKLY AS POSSIBLE UM D D DO WE GO FOR A CUSTOM DESIGNED CHIP OR OR DO WE BUY ONE OFF THE SHELF AND AND PROGRAMME IT OURSELVES UH I MEAN I'M I'M I'M N NOT AN EXPERT ON THESE THINGS BUT PRESUMABLY THERE MUST BE LOADS OF 'EM ALREADY ON THE MARKET THAT WE CAN MODIFY BUT UH THAT THAT'S UH THAT'S YOUR AREA OF EXPERTISE AND THEN THE UH YOU KNOW THE THE OVERALL DESIGN OF THE CASE UH IS IS IS KENDRA'S FIELD AND UH WE WE HAD SOME DISCUSSIONS LAST TIME AS AS TO UH HOW WE MIGHT GO FORWARD AND WE'LL WE'LL FINALISE THOSE UH DA TODAY UM AND THI THIS IS ALL LINKED IN WITH THE THE THE USER INTERFACE WHETHER WE P UM GO FOR VOICE BUTTONS OR OR A BIT OF BOTH UH AND THEN UH YOU KNOW F FOR THE NEXT MEETING KATE WILL BE LOOKING AT THE THE THE S THE LOOK FEEL AND DESIGN KENDRA THE UH HO HOW THE THE USER ACTUALLY USES IT AND AND ANDREW OF COURSE THE THE PRODUCT EVALUATION AND UH KATE AND KENDRA WILL BE PRODUCING A A MODEL FOR US TO UH TO LOOK AT UH SO IF IF WE CAN HAVE THE THE THREE PRESENTATIONS AGAIN PLEASE AND UH UM P PERHAPS YOU'D LIKE TO START UH K KATE OH I'M SORRY OH SORRY 'KAY I'LL JUST BE TALKING ABOUT THE COMPONENTS DESIGN AND OKAY BASICALLY I JUST UH LOOKED AT WHAT EXACTLY DO REMOTES DO UH BASICALLY THEY WAIT FOR YOU TO PRESS A KEY OR GIVE A VOICE COMMAND AND THEN THIS IS TRANSLATED UH INTO UH LIGHT SIGNALS WHICH ARE THEN SEEN BY THE T. V. UH THE MATERIALS WE'RE GONNA NEED TO LOOK AT UH THE TWO BIG ONES ARE THE INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP AND THE BATTERY AND THE IN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT CHIP UH WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A A DIODE TRANSISTOR OR RESONATOR UH TWO MORE RESISTORS AND A CAPACITOR AND THE BATTERY WORKS IN CONJUNCTION WITH A RESISTOR AND A CAPACITOR UM UH BASICALLY WHAT HAPPENS IS YOU'LL PRESS A NUMBER OR GIVE A VOICE COMMAND AND THIS CREATES A A CONNECTION WITHIN THE THE REMOTE THAT ALLOWS THE CHIP THE CHIP THEN SENSES THIS CONNECTION AND PRODUCES A SIGNAL IN A MORSE CODE FORMAT THIS SIGNAL'S SENT TO THE TRANSISTOR WHICH AMPLIFIES IT AND THEN SENDS IT ON TO THE LIGHT EMITTING DIODE AND UH WHICH IS THEN TRAI CHANGED INTO A INFRARED LIGHT WHICH IS SENT TO THE T. V. AND SORT OF SEEN BY THE T. V. AND WHICH UH CHANGES THE CHANNELS UM OH UH COOL UH SO AS FOR HOW WE SHOULD END UP UH USING THIS IN OUR REMOTE UH T COUPLE OF MAIN QUESTIONS ARE THE BUTTONS UH Y THE FEWER BUTTONS YOU HAVE I GUESS THE FEWER INTERNAL CONNECTIONS AND INTERNAL CODES YOU'RE GONNA NEED UM HOWEVER UH TO N NOT HAVE BUTTONS OR TO USE A VOICE COMMANDS INSTEAD OF BUTTONS MIGHT MAKE THESE CONNECTIONS MORE DIFFICULT AND UH RAISE THE PRODUCTION COST THAT'S SOMETHING WE SHOULD THINK ABOUT ALSO WE HAVE TO WORK WITHIN THE COMPANY CONSTRAINTS AND THE COMPANY HAS INFORMED ME VIA EMAIL THAT UH THEY'RE EXPERTS AT PUSHBUTTONS AND THAT SEEMS TO BE THE MOST UH COST EFFECTIVE WAY OF PRODUCING IT UM ALSO WITH BATTERY CONNECTIONS THE COMPANY HAS SOME LIMITS ON THE BATTERIES WE CAN USE SO I WAS THINKING PERHAPS A COMBINATION OF SOLAR CELLS WITH A BACK UP BASIC BATTERY AND SOMEHOW BETWEEN THE COMBINATION OF THAT TWO WE MIGHT BE ABLE TO COME UP WITH SOMETHING THAT UH WILL LAST THE THE LIFETIME OR THE FIVE TO TEN YEARS AND WE COULD STILL KEEP THAT ORIGINAL IDEA UM WE ALSO NEED TO LOOK AT THE CHIPS UH V CUSTOM DESIGNED VERSUS OFF THE SHELF AND THE CUSTOM DESIGNED WILL GIVE US MUCH MORE FLEXIBILITY AND ENABLE US TO INCORPORATE THE VOICE FUNCTION THAT WE ALL UH SEEM TO HAVE AGREED UPON UM HOWEVER THAT'S GONNA COST MORE BUT UH THE OFF THE SHELF IS GONNA BE UH CHEAPER AND IT'S GONNA BE ALLOW US TO PRODUCE IT QUICKER AND GET OUT THERE FASTER BUT IT'S GOING TO BE LESS FLEXIBLE WITH THE FEATURES ESPECIALLY THINGS LIKE UH VOICE ACTIVATION WHICH HAVEN'T REALLY BEEN USED MUCH ON REMOTES SO THERE'S NOT REALLY CHIPS OUT THERE THAT WOULD BE EASY TO UH TO CONVERT SO IF WE WERE UH DEFINITELY GONNA GO WITH THE THE VOICE OPTION WE'D PROBABLY HAVE TO DESIGN UM OUR OWN CHIP AND THAT PRETTY MUCH SUMS IT UP