IEEE LICN CONFERENCE - Peter Swann Presentation - Useful Arts & Neoden USA

What does it take to turn a passion project into a professional product? Peter Swann, former Chief Judge of the Arizona Court of Appeals and founder of both Useful Arts Audio and Neoden USA, walked the IEEE Long Island Section through exactly that process in this recorded presentation from May 2026.

Without a single engineering degree, Swann taught himself electronics, product design, and manufacturing, then built a professional-grade microphone preamplifier that competes with gear costing ten to twenty times more. The Hornet, which fits inside a standard guitar pedal enclosure and retails for $300, is the case study. The real subject is how you make principled decisions when budget, manufacturability, and uncompromising quality are all pulling in different directions.

Topics covered include signal path design, power supply philosophy, harmonic distortion and why it matters, where to spend and where to cut, and how surface-mount technology and Neoden pick-and-place machines made production viable in-house. If you're an engineer, a hobbyist, or anyone trying to bring a product idea to life, this one is worth your time.

Read the full customer story:

[LINK] https://neodenusa.com/neoden-usa-stories/from-passion-project-to-finished-product-how-a-selftaught-engineer-built-a-professional-mic-preamp/

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