Title :
Centralized database for interconnection system design
Author_Institution :
Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., CA, USA
Abstract :
A database application called DFACS (database, forms and applications for cabling and systems) is described. The objective of DFACS is to improve the speed and accuracy of interconnection system information flow during the design and fabrication stages of a project, while simultaneously supporting both the horizontal (end-to-end wiring) and the vertical (wiring by connector) design stratagems used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) project engineering community. The DFACS architecture is centered around a centralized database and program methodology which emulates the manual design process hitherto used at JPL. DFACS has been tested and successfully applied to existing JPL hardware tasks with a resulting reduction in schedule time and costs.<>
Keywords :
circuit CAD; database management systems; electric connectors; project engineering; space vehicles; wiring; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; cabling; centralized database; circuit CAD; design process; end-to-end wiring; horizontal design stratagems; interconnection system information flow; program methodology; project engineering; spacecraft system; vertical design stratagems; wiring by connector; Connectors; Databases; Fabrication; Hardware; Laboratories; Process design; Project engineering; Propulsion; Testing; Wiring;
Conference_Titel :
Aerospace Applications Conference, 1989. Digest., 1989 IEEE
Conference_Location :
Breckenridge, CO, USA
DOI :
10.1109/AERO.1989.82412
