Electronics that ignore the enclosure will fight it later.

Year

2026

Client

BrahmWorks Insights

Electronics

Three EV charger design concepts side by side with vehicle reference images

The Challenge

The enclosure, the fasteners, the user and the assembly order are electrical constraints. Board outline, component height, connector direction, antenna keep-out, battery contacts, switch travel, a window for a display, a seal, and a path for heat are fixed in the mechanical model before layout is treated as free. Electronics that ignore them get a second spin that is really the first layout done too late.

Put both designs in one coordinate system, review them as one assembly, and write which features of the prototype shell are allowed to be fake. Every figure below is hypothetical teaching maths. None of it is a measured stack, a tolerance study from a tool, or a BrahmWorks result.

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Electronics and Mechanics

What we did

Electronics

Industry

Electronics

Description

This Insights guide explains Electronics and Mechanics for founders and engineering teams building hardware that must be manufactured, tested, and handed off. Put both designs in one coordinate system, review them as one assembly, and write which features of the prototype shell are allowed to be fake. Every figure below is hypothetical teaching maths. It also covers one model, one outline, one height map; connectors, cables, and the wall they must reach; keep-outs, antennas, sensors, and heat.

BrahmEarth nodes mounted on a wall panel.

Hand holding a translucent 3D-printed outlet housing prototype

Countertop retail terminal with a touchscreen on a shop counter

The Outcome

Mechanical and electrical models share an origin, units, and a rule for which file wins. The outline, holes and keep-outs are exported, not retyped. Height is a map, including bosses, ribs, cells and hands, not one global maximum.