Hard-Hitting, No-Nonsense Documentation

Hardware and Semiconductor Writing Our Specialty

(But We're Good at Software and Installation Manuals, Too!)


Technical documentation does its job if it tells the readers those things they need to learn to use the product effectively. Can things really be this straightforward? They can indeed. Once the writer understands both the product and its users, he can identify the gaps in their knowledge. The manual fills these gaps.

In high-tech technical writing, the trick lies in mastering three things that are often worlds apart:

  • Understanding how to use the product (which often requires an engineering background).
  • Understanding the readers: what they know, what they don't know, what they're comfortable with, and what they aren't.
  • Knowing how to write in a way that is clear, organized, and accessible.
    • The best route to a successful manual is to find a writer who can cover all three bases. This requires someone with an engineering background who is keen on learning new technologies and loves to write. This is exactly what we provide.

    This gives you the results you're looking for with a minimum of management and risk, and also with a minimal load on your own engineering staff.

    Some of our recent projects include chip and board-level documentation for a line of 8-bit microcontrollers, data sheets for a family of switching power supply controllers, and chip and board-level documentation for a family of LCD monitor controllers with analog inputs.We have also documented:

    We are also expert in UNIX, NT, Windows, and DOS system and network administration, and know our way around a submicron fab. And, of course, we are experts at desktop publishing and diagramming, and are pretty good with photography and technical illustration.
     

    Work Sample

    iWatt iW2202 Switching Power Supply Controller Data Sheet (14 pages)
     

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