While these benefits are important it should be noted every detail in product design process has to uncovered for this drawing automation to work. What designers now do routinely must be written down and built into formulas and design tables. This is not as easy as it sounds. Designers do a lot of things unconsciously that must be recorded.

The process of automating a design can be approached on an assembly by assembly basis, making sure at each step, that process is working. A small part of machine is automated, for example, machine guards. From that point on computer designs guards from specifications and engineers make sure that system is working properly before proceeding to automate more critical areas of machine.

If process is done carefully, great benefits can be realized in savings of cost and time. If engineer’s look at work they do throughout year, even in custom fabrication, there are things that must done repetitively. It might be flange sizing, machine frames, shafts or any number of things.

It’s worth it for an engineering manager to take a long hard look at the kinds of work that is being done day in and day out, to see if drawing automation can save time and money.

What are symptoms if MONITOR or TV’s EEPROM data is corrupted or damaged?

• No high voltage (no display). • Horizontal or vertical frequencies run. • Cannot save (store) current setting. • Certain control functions like sound, brightness and contrast control does not functioning. • On Screen Display (OSD) does not function or OSD have a corrupted display. • High voltage shut down (EEPROM set horizontal frequency way too low or twice line frequency perhaps leading to failure of horizontal output transistor (HOT)).

What is an EEPROM programmer or copier?

EEPROM seldom fail, they just lose or have their memory (data) corrupted may be due to high voltage and static discharge from a monitor. Once reprogrammed they are as good as new. As mentioned earlier, new EEPROMs are blank and need information or data to be loaded in order for it to functions. The job of copying data into an EEPROM is done by a programmer or a copier. Programmers comes in all shapes and sizes. You can copy these devices for repair replacement only. You cannot copy them for resale without a letter of approved from vendor who produced them. There is quite a number of companies selling EEPROM programmer: - Typical EEPROM part no: - 24C02, 24C04, 24C08 etc 24C325, 24C645AT17C65, AT17C128 etc 93C06, 93C46, 93C56, 93C66 etc 25010, 25020, 25040 etc