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If you haven\u2019t noticed, the electronic design process is evolving with the rise of Model-Based Systems Engineering (MBSE) and the demands of the Internet of Things (IoT). The standard 2D single board PCB design process can\u2019t keep up with the demands of system-level design required by today\u2019s more complex products. At the detailed design phase, we are seeing design discipline convergence where the boards and the enclosure are viewed as a single system. At the product level design phase, we are seeing the insertion of an MBSE and architecture design phase. The basic detailed design to manufacturing process isn\u2019t cutting it. So while detailed design is converging, the design process is expanding.<\/p>\n

Supporting system-level design abstraction<\/h3>\n

The standard 2D single board PCB design process is being replaced by a 3D multi-board design process; a multi-board product can be designed as a single system. At the same time, the MCAD design process is converging with the new PCB design process. This short video of Zuken\u2019s CR-8000 PCB design platform<\/a> demonstrates that convergence and it is worth a quick look. If you are still using a 2D design flow, this is essentially the next generation PCB design platform. The term \u201cplatform\u201d seems much more appropriate than \u201ctool\u201d when we consider this is moving towards system-level design rather than simply one PCB at a time. The video nicely illustrates that at the detailed design phase, the design disciplines are converging and the design silos are being removed.<\/p>\n

Earlier I mentioned the design process expansion with MBSE and architecture design. More on the MBSE design process expansion in a later post. For now, let\u2019s look at the architecture design phase. You may not be aware, but the CR-8000 platform contains a hardware architecture design solution that fits nicely between MBSE and detailed design. The architecture design platform, System Planner, provides all the elements to design a multi-board system with consideration for mechanical fit, cost, weight and much more. This is another example of the design discipline convergence that was discussed above regarding detailed design. The architecture design phase supports a system-level design abstraction, as does the 3D multi-board detailed design process described above. Given this system-level approach, the architecture and detailed design tools can share data – major productivity benefit.<\/p>\n

Connecting electrical and electronic design domains<\/h3>\n

Now to the 2017 release of CR-8000<\/a> and more design discipline convergence. CR-8000\u2019s hardware architecture design solution was originally built as a multi-discipline architecture design tool for electronic design (i.e., PCB-based systems). Now with the release of 2017, that bridge between electrical and electronic design has been built. Boards can now be connected by wire harnesses, (see figure 1) opening the door for more complex system-level design.<\/p>\n

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Figure 1: System Planner<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Figure 1 illustrates how PCBs can be connected with a flex board or a wire harness. At the system architecture level, CR-8000 can now span electrical and electronic design domains. As products become more complex, we are going to see an increasing need for architecture design tools. The risk of entering detailed design without a sound and verified architecture is too high.<\/p>\n

Now the really cool part\u2026after you have optimized your PCB and wire harness architecture, your results move effortlessly into the detailed design tools. One of the biggest obstacles to the adoption of architecture design tools was the need to re-enter the design data into the detailed design tools. That obstacle has been removed. The wire harness design moves into the E3.series product for detailed design, while the PCBs move into CR-8000 Design Force for detailed design.<\/p>\n

Gone are the days of working in silos<\/h3>\n

In conclusion, the growing need for a system-level design abstraction is driving the design discipline convergence. The cross-discipline dependencies are too significant to address with traditional silo-based methodologies. So the adoption of the next generation design process is being driven by the demand for a system-level design abstraction.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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