Graphical system design

<h2 id="system-level-design">System-level design</h2>
<p>Graphical system design is an approach to designing an entire system, using more intuitive graphical software and off-the-shelf (non-custom) hardware devices to refine the design, create initial prototypes, and even use for few runs of deployment.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:3" href="#fn:3"><sup>3</sup></a> The approach may involve <a href="/facts/Algorithm_engineering/UqPGNHzr">Algorithm engineering</a>. The approach can prove successful when designers need to get something to market quickly (medical video: <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20070930155006/http://www.designnews.com/article/CA6466514.html">[1]</a>) or with a team of non-embedded experts like Boston Engineering <a href="http://www.boston-engineering.com/spotlight.htm">[2]</a>[<i>permanent dead link</i>] to create a <a href="/facts/Mechatronics_engineering/bfxokpu6">mechatronics</a>-based machine.
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<blockquote><p>"Graphical system design is a complementary but encompassing platform-based approach that includes embedded and electronic system design, implementation, and verification tools. ESL and graphical system design are really part of the same movement--higher abstraction and more design automation looking to solve the real engineering challenges that designers are facing today--addressing design flaws that are introduced at the specification stage to ensure they're detected well before validation for on-time product delivery."</p></blockquote><h2 id="tools">Tools</h2>
<p>Graphical system design relies on open connectivity. For example, tools that can be used in the design phase include (in alphabetical order): Ansoft Designer, <a href="/facts/AutoCAD/c83IAlgP">AutoCAD</a>, <a href="/facts/Applied_Intuition/EpgLP8h6">CarSim</a>, <a href="/facts/DOORS/rP19RX74">DOORS</a>, <a href="/facts/Dymola/30s1zqhP">Dymola</a>, <a href="/facts/LabVIEW/ue0vyha4">LabVIEW</a>, <a href="/facts/MSC.Adams/S17BaWdz">MSC.Adams</a>, <a href="/facts/NI_Multisim/70mKVTUI">NI Multisim</a>, <a href="/facts/NEi_Nastran/ljqpnMdT">NEi Nastran</a>, <a href="/facts/SolidWorks/TunrvoWl">SolidWorks</a>, <a href="/facts/SPICE/mIMfxvm7">SPICE</a>, <a href="/facts/OpenWire_(library)/6SMzwgUE">OpenWire (library)</a>.<a class="footnote-ref" id="fnref:4" href="#fn:4"><sup>4</sup></a>
</p><p>The prototyping stage is more about taking algorithm design and implementing them on hardware for higher quality designs. An effective prototyping platform includes a high-level language, real-time processors, <a href="/facts/FPGA/M8LSGcAU">FPGA</a> logic, modular I/O and any <a href="/facts/Intellectual_property/PqHW9mVP">intellectual property</a> needed.
</p><p>The deploy stage is mostly about hardware - where you put your design in the final stage. This may involve <a href="/facts/Microprocessor/Fx9CaQht">MPUs</a> or FPGAs.
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<h2 id="examples">Examples</h2>
<p>Examples of engineers and scientists applying graphical system design techniques include:
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<ul><li><a href="http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-15017">Graphical System Design for Digital Radio Mondiale</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080313040033/http://sine.ni.com/cs/app/doc/p/id/cs-756">Researchers Use Graphical System Design for Development and Control of Unmanned Underwater Vehicles</a></li>
<li><a href="http://sine.ni.com/csol/cds/item/vw/p/id/768/nid/124100">Developing a Robotic Manipulator for Cancer Therapy Using Graphical System Design</a></li>
<li><a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20080827231525/http://www.ciol.com/Design-Trends/News-Reports/Graphical-system-design-for-embedded-control-systems/15608107082/0/">Graphical system design for embedded control systems</a></li></ul>

<h2 id="references">References</h2>

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<li id="fn:1"><p>Galitz, Wilbert O. (2007-04-10). The Essential Guide to User Interface Design: An Introduction to GUI Design Principles and Techniques. John Wiley & Sons. ISBN 978-0-470-14622-4. <a href="978-0-470-14622-4" target="_blank">978-0-470-14622-4</a> <a href="#fnref:1" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:2"><p>Shanavas, Dr A. R. Mohamed; Mrs.R.Ramya; Dr.M.Punitha; Dr.A.Saranya; Mrs.P.Shanthi (2023-10-16). User-Computer Interaction Website and Mobile Connection. SK Research Group of Companies. ISBN 978-81-19980-28-4. <a href="978-81-19980-28-4" target="_blank">978-81-19980-28-4</a> <a href="#fnref:2" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:3"><p>B. MacCleery, O. Trescases, M. Mujagic, D. M. Bohls, O. Stepanov and G. Fick, "A new platform and methodology for system-level design of next-generation FPGA-based digital SMPS," 2012 IEEE Energy Conversion Congress and Exposition (ECCE), Raleigh, NC, USA, 2012, pp. 1599-1606, doi: 10.1109/ECCE.2012.6342622. keywords: {Field programmable gate arrays;Switched-mode power supply;Software;Inverters;Digital signal processing;Integrated circuit modeling;Context modeling}, <a href="#fnref:3" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
<li id="fn:4"><p>"NASA Tech Briefs, June 2014". 2014-06-01. {{cite journal}}: Cite journal requires |journal= (help) <a href="https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140009967" target="_blank">https://ntrs.nasa.gov/citations/20140009967</a> <a href="#fnref:4" class="footnote-back-ref">↩</a></p></li>
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Graphical system design