page_title: Hardware interface design
hierarchical_section_title: Hardware interface design
caption_attribution_description: English: The Braun T1000CD was produced in the mid 60s as a multiband "world receiver". It is a single conversion superheterodyne which covers the entire SW range in 12 bands (has a BFO control for SSB detection), plus the commercial FM band 88 - 108 MHz. This model followed the T1000, just slightly modified, and was quite a big success in spite of its hefty price. Band coils are housed in a rotary drum, and have solid gold contacts, which gives an idea of the quality that was used in the design of the electronic circuits.
context_page_description: Hardware interface design is a cross-disciplinary design field that shapes the physical connection between people and technology in order to create new hardware interfaces that transform purely digital processes into analog methods of interaction. It employs a combination of filmmaking tools, software prototyping, and electronics breadboarding.
  Through this parallel visualization and development, hardware interface designers are able to shape a cohesive vision alongside business and engineering that more deeply embeds design throughout every stage of the product. The development of hardware interfaces as a field continues to mature as more things connect to the internet.
  Hardware interface designers draw upon industrial design, interaction design and electrical engineering. Interface elements include touchscreens, knobs, buttons, sliders and switches as well as input sensors such as microphones, cameras, and accelerometers.
context_section_description: Hardware interface design (HID) is a cross-disciplinary design field that shapes the physical connection between people and technology in order to create new hardware interfaces that transform purely digital processes into analog methods of interaction. It employs a combination of filmmaking tools, software prototyping, and electronics breadboarding.
  Through this parallel visualization and development, hardware interface designers are able to shape a cohesive vision alongside business and engineering that more deeply embeds design throughout every stage of the product. The development of hardware interfaces as a field continues to mature as more things connect to the internet.
  Hardware interface designers draw upon industrial design, interaction design and electrical engineering. Interface elements include touchscreens, knobs, buttons, sliders and switches as well as input sensors such as microphones, cameras, and accelerometers.
caption: Dieter Rams, and by extension Braun, produced minimal yet tactile hardware interfaces for a variety of products such as this Braun T1000CD.
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