Title :
Rapid prototyping in microsystems development
Author :
Herpel, H.-J. ; Glesner, M. ; Eggert, H. ; Suss, W. ; Georges-Schleuter, M. ; Jakob, W.
Author_Institution :
Tech. Hochschule Darmstadt, Germany
Abstract :
Microsystems technology is a rapidly growing field, but engineering tools for microsystems do not appear as fast as the technology is moving. In this paper, we show that methods and tools developed for the information processing units in macro systems, e.g. mechatronic systems, can be reused in microsystems development. The methods and tools we present cover the requirements analysis phase of the product life-cycle. Rapid prototyping is used to validate the user´s requirements of the information processing units
Keywords :
development systems; electronic engineering computing; integrated circuit design; mechatronics; software prototyping; engineering tools; information processing units; macro systems; mechatronic systems; methods reuse; microsystems development; product life-cycle; rapid prototyping; requirements analysis phase; tool reuse; user requirements validation; Design engineering; Information processing; Mechatronics; Microelectronics; Prototypes; Reliability engineering; Risk analysis; Safety; Switches; User interfaces;
Conference_Titel :
Rapid System Prototyping, 1995. Proceedings., Sixth IEEE International Workshop on
Conference_Location :
Chapel Hill, NC
Print_ISBN :
0-8186-7100-9
DOI :
10.1109/IWRSP.1995.518570
