sport earbud
Contributions
Mechanical architecture conceptualization of earbud
Packaging studies, driving product form downselection process
Cross-functional alignment with electrical, acoustic, design, and manufacturing
Integrate new acoustic package with on-head sensing into earbud assembly
Co-develop earbud with charging case engineers (contacts, size, shape)
more information coming soon!
challenges & design efforts
Design for varying anatomies
Facilitate acoustic porting design and microphone array testing to improve sound and call quality, and reduce occlusion
Reduce on-head appearance to meet industrial design requirements and reduce on-head appearance
Integrate capacitive touch user interface to outer surface
Facilitate LDS antenna design through prototyping and RF performance improvement
Integrate charging points and drive flex PCBA design to make a single drop-in electromechanical assembly and reduce assembly cost