From its most basic format to the full blown packet. Most standalone task are about brainstorming, feasibility study, component selection, Creation of specifications, training, documentation. The standalone tasks are in many cases extended to System design, architecture definition and partitioning and later on to Development of the project. Consulting is also offered for all projects having to do with redesign, refurbishing, improvement, miniaturisation or other of existing hardware and software.
For the pure form of consulting a per-hour rate is in most cases offered.
From idea to workable design. During the development cycle a close working relationship is promoted, initially to ensure that specifications and design particularities are understood by all parties, then ongoing contact and design reviews allow progress monitoring and passing of comments to steer to project. With each project complete documentation is generated from specification to user guide.
ZirconfleX can offer specialist design skills in the following areas:
Once we understand the requirements of a project or project part we will raise a fixed price quotation confirming the basic specification and the deliverables. Whilst we can offer 'one stop shopping' and quote for an entire product development, we are also happy to quote for tasks a per per-hour rate.
Being a small company, development and design are done using Open Source tools. We use selected tools known already for years and have in a lot of cases helped to improve them in many aspects. In other cases we have build our own add-ons or interfaces into the tools to make them do exactly what's required. The use of open source tools is also beneficial in many redesign and refurbishing projects.
Our computers run Linux (Ubuntu & Mint) and these are design tools we use: