Editing Consumer electronics (section)

===Manufacturing===
{{main|Electronics industry}}
{{see also|Electronic packaging}}

[[File:Berliner Grammophon Hannover.jpg|thumb|[[Phonograph|Gramophone]] factory in [[Hannover-Nordstadt]]]]
Most consumer electronics are built in [[China]], due to maintenance cost, availability of materials, quality, and speed as opposed to other countries such as the [[United States]].<ref name="Why can't US build ce?">{{cite web | url=http://www.sddt.com/commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=140&SourceCode=20140811tbc&_t=Why+cant+the+US+build+consumer+electronic+products#.VA7b2RbOP-k | title=Why can't the US build consumer electronic products? | work=San Diego Source | date=11 August 2014 | access-date=9 September 2014 | author=Baker, Phil | archive-date=21 April 2019 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190421125834/http://www.sddt.com/Commentary/article.cfm?Commentary_ID=140&SourceCode=20140811tbc&_t=Why+cant+the+US+build+consumer+electronic+products#.VA7b2RbOP-k | url-status=dead }}</ref> Cities such as [[Shenzhen]] have become important production centers for the industry, attracting many consumer electronics companies such as [[Apple Inc.]]<ref>{{cite web|first=Craig|last=Gamble|url=http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/shenzhen-in-china-becomes-a-power-source-for-the-electronics-industry-20140820-105h3g.html|title=Shenzhen in China becomes a power source for the electronics industry|work=Brisbane Times|date=22 August 2014|access-date=9 September 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140825000543/http://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/comment/shenzhen-in-china-becomes-a-power-source-for-the-electronics-industry-20140820-105h3g.html|archive-date=25 August 2014|url-status=live|df=dmy-all}}</ref>

====Electronic component====
{{main|Electronic component}}
An electronic component is any essential discrete device or physical entity in an electronic system used to affect [[electron]]s or their associated fields. Electronic components are mostly industrial products, available in a singular form, and are not to be confused with [[electrical element]]s, conceptual abstractions representing idealized electronic components.

====Software development====
{{see also|Software development}}
Consumer electronics such as personal computers use various types of software. Embedded [[software]] is used within some consumer electronics, such as [[mobile phone]]s.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://www.pcworld.com/article/2601743/microsoft-announces-two-lumia-phones-always-on-cortana-and-clever-new-mobile-accessories.html | title=Microsoft announces two Lumia phones, always-on Cortana, and clever new mobile accessories | work=[[PC World]] | date=4 September 2014 | access-date=11 September 2014 | author=Hachman, Mark | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140910202325/http://www.pcworld.com/article/2601743/microsoft-announces-two-lumia-phones-always-on-cortana-and-clever-new-mobile-accessories.html | archive-date=10 September 2014 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> This type of software may be embedded within the hardware of electronic devices.<ref>{{cite web | url=http://news.oneindia.in/2008/04/13/electronics-hardware-consumption-poised-to-touch-360-bln-by-2015-1208100729.html | title=Electronics hardware consumption poised to touch *360 bln by 2015 | publisher=[[One India]] | date=13 April 2008 | access-date=11 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140912075559/http://news.oneindia.in/2008/04/13/electronics-hardware-consumption-poised-to-touch-360-bln-by-2015-1208100729.html | archive-date=12 September 2014 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> Some consumer electronics include software that is used on a personal computer in conjunction with electronic devices, such as [[camcorder]]s and [[digital camera]]s, and third-party software for such devices also exists.

====Standardization====
Some consumer electronics adhere to protocols, such as [[Communication protocol|connection protocols]] "to high speed bi-directional signals".<ref>{{cite web | url=https://patents.google.com/patent/US20120287942 | title=Signal Converter of Consumer Electronics Connection Protocols (US 20120287942 A1) | publisher=IFI CLAIMS Patent Services | date=15 November 2012 | access-date=12 September 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140915104711/http://www.google.com/patents/US20120287942 | archive-date=15 September 2014 | url-status=live | df=dmy-all }}</ref> In [[telecommunications]], a communications protocol is a system of digital rules for data exchange within or between computers.