Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers

Addresses the important issues of documentation and testing. * A chapter on project management provides practical suggestions for organizing design teams, scheduling tasks, monitoring progress, and reporting status of design projects. * Explains both creative and linear thinking and relates the types of thinking to the productivity of the design engineers and novelty of the end design.

J. Eric Salt and Robert Rothery are the authors of Design for Electrical and Computer Engineers, published by Wiley.

List of Figures

xv

List of Tables

xviii

Introduction

1

(5)

The Engineering Profession

2

(1)

The Role of the Design Engineer

3

(1)

Objective of This Book

4

(2)

The Design Process

6

(12)

General Engineering Process

7

(1)

Applying the General Engineering Process

8

(3)

Evaluation of Alternative Solutions

11

(1)

Design Methodologies

12

(2)

A Methodology for High Quality

14

(4)

Exercises

16

(2)

Requirements Analysis

18

(25)

The Importance of the Requirements Specification

19

(1)

Developing the Requirements Specification

20

(5)

Two Scenarios

20

(2)

A Two-Stage Approach to Developing the Requirements Specification

22

(2)

Real-World Considerations

24

(1)

Needs Assessment---Stating the Problem

25

(10)

Question the Customer

26

(1)

Differentiate Needs and Wants

27

(1)

Explore Project Boundaries

28

(1)

Input/Output Analysis

29

(1)

Preview the User Interface

30

(1)

Survey Design Attributes

31

(1)

Identify Conflicting Needs

31

(3)

Prepare a Draft Operations Manual

34

(1)

Prepare the Requirements Specification

35

(6)

Translating Needs to Specifications

35

(1)

Specification of Interface Points

36

(1)

Excessive Requirements

37

(1)

Verification

38

(1)

Documenting the Requirements Specification

38

(3)

Summary

41

(2)

Exercises

42

(1)

System Design

43

(26)

The Importance of System Design

44

(1)

System Block Diagrams

44

(3)

The System Design Process

47

(10)

Conceptualization

50

(3)

Synthesis

53

(1)

Analysis

54

(1)

The Synthesis/Analysis Cycle

54

(3)

Block-Diagram Basics

57

(1)

Documentation

58

(3)

Example

61

(6)

Summary

67

(2)

Exercises

68

(1)

Managing the Design Process

69

(32)

The Project Management Approach

70

(2)

Project Organization

70

(1)

Elements of Project Management

71

(1)

The Project Plan

72

(2)

Defining the Work

74

(5)

Scheduling

79

(6)

Network Diagrams

79

(2)

Reviewing the Work Description

81

(1)

Bar Charts

82

(2)

Additional Comments on Scheduling

84

(1)

Planning Resources and Estimating Costs

85

(7)

Costing Practices

85

(1)

Estimating Personnel Requirements

86

(2)

Budget Preparation

88

(1)

Putting the Plan Together

89

(3)

Managing the Project

92

(7)

Performance Monitoring

92

(1)

Task Progress

92

(1)

Schedule Status

93

(1)

Budget Status

94

(3)

Reporting

97

(1)

Problem Resolution

98

(1)

Summary

99

(2)

Exercises

99

(2)

Detailed Design, Testing, and Design Management

101

(14)

Block Design

101

(4)

Design Management

105

(3)

Communication

105

(1)

Documentation Control

106

(1)

Design Reviews

107

(1)

Principles of Testing

108

(6)

Stages of Testing

108

(2)

Test Practices

110

(1)

The System Test

111

(3)

Conclusion

114

(1)

APPENDIX A CASE STUDY

115

(51)

A.1 Introduction

115

(1)

A.2 Needs Analysis

116

(9)

A.2.1 Questioning the Customer

117

(3)

A.2.2 Previewing the User Interface

120

(1)

A.2.3 Input/Output Analysis

120

(2)

A.2.4 Preparing the Draft User's Manual

122

(1)

A.2.5 Statement of the Problem Document

123

(2)

A.3 The Requirements Specification

125

(14)

A.3.1 Engineering the Tolerances

125

(5)

A.3.2 Specifying the Prototype Testing

130

(2)

A.3.3 Specifying the Deliverables and Dispute Resolution

132

(1)

A.3.4 Finalizing the Requirements Specification

133

(6)

A.4 System Design

139

(23)

A.4.1 Background

139

(1)

A.4.2 Getting Organized

140

(1)

A.4.3 Job 1: Model the Vibration of a Plucked String

141

(1)

A.4.4 Job 2: Develop Concepts

142

(1)

A.4.5 Job 3: Give Some Structure to the Concepts

143

(2)

A.4.6 Job 4: Prioritize the Concepts

145

(2)

A.4.7 Job 5: Synthesize a DSP Solution

147

(9)

A.4.8 Job 6: Analyze the System

156

(1)

A.4.9 Job 7: Revise and Reanalyze the System

157

(3)

A.4.10 Finalizing the System Design

160

(2)

A.5 Completing the Project

162

(1)

A.6 Data Used in the System Design

163

(3)

APPENDIX B SYSTEM DESIGN EXERCISE

166

(4)

Bibliography

170

(1)

Index

171

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