embedded boards

Product Portfolio Optimization: Why OEMs Should Transfer Aging Product Lines Now

March 31, 2026

Managing Product Portfolios in Uncertain Markets: Why Now’s the Right Time to Transfer Aging Product Lines  In volatile markets, every product in your portfolio should justify its place. If legacy lines aren’t delivering growth or strategic value, why are you still carrying them? For Embedded OEMs, the challenge isn’t just about cutting costs—it’s about ensuring that every product in the portfolio actively…

Why you can’t engineer your way out of Legacy

February 3, 2026

The Myth of “One Last Redesign”  Application OEMs often fall into a familiar trap: when legacy pressure builds, the next redesign is expected to solve it. One more refresh. One more board update. Another attempt to buy ten more years of support.  On paper, it feels rational. Engineering is engaged. Specifications are modernized. A technical path…

Maintaining Quality in Obsolete Aerospace Electronics and Embedded Systems – GDCA

November 19, 2024

Electronics obsolescence is the slow apocalypse that threatens just about every industry that uses embedded circuit boards in their equipment–but when it comes to aerospace and defense-related electronics, the impact is even greater.  Ensuring Quality is Time-Consuming–and the Higher the Standards, the Longer it Takes Many of the systems used in these aircraft often have…

How an NSOS for embedded circuit boards can aid a technology refresh

October 3, 2023

A tech refresh is a typical solution for updating critical elements of an electronic system to enable new capabilities or replace obsolete hardware. At any given time, most systems will have many obsolete items, some of which impact the system more than others. Circuit boards are one of those significant parts that tend to impact…

What is Long-Term Availability for Embedded Boards?

April 27, 2023

If you’ve been around obsolescence management before, then you most likely understand what this phrase means and its importance in legacy equipment manufacturing. However, if you’re new to the scene or if you’re in need of a refresher, then this article is for you.  Long-term availability of embedded boards and systems is what GDCA is…

How to Find Discontinued Embedded Boards

November 10, 2020

The inevitable has finally arrived. An embedded board in your application has been discontinued by the original equipment manufacturer (OEM). Your company needs a critical embedded board, and revenue depends on timely delivery. But the OEM cannot build additional boards for you and the franchised suppliers don’t have any inventory left. What can you do? Predictably,…

The gap between EOL and your needs—why PLM doesn’t always work

March 22, 2019

Reassessing your company’s approach to legacy sustainment is a critical step in minimizing stress and maximizing profits. Since the early 1950s, product life-cycle management (PLM) has been the commercial best practice for managing value and lifetime profitability of products and systems. However, as technology has advanced exponentially, so have the needs of managing products with…

5 Common Miscalculations OEMs Make That Impede Effective Proactive Obsolescence Management

February 28, 2019

…and What You Can Do Embedded and Application OEMs both face issues with their customers when product life cycles are longer than originally anticipated. Thinking critically about servicing systems past component EOL notices is vital for effective forecasting and maintenance, not only for end users but for manufacturers as well. Paying attention to the following…

7 Perspectives about Legacy Engineering

October 26, 2018

Once component EOL notices have been issued and COTS embedded boards are discontinued, the processes for keeping your embedded systems vital drastically changes and so must your overall thinking about them. When the supply chain is active, acquiring the boards and components you need requires simply placing an order. Extending or even reviving a product…