In this paper scheduling strategies for a rapid prototyping system are discussed. Our rapid prototyping system is able to use several CASE-tools and generate code for models of heterogenous domains. By using the emerging CASE data interchange format CDIF the model data of CASE-tools is represented tool-independent. This tool-independent layer serves as a basis for simulation and code generation...

Rapid prototyping has received considerable interest with the introduction of affordable rapid prototyping machines. These machines can be used to manufacture physical models from three-dimensional digital mesh models. In this paper, we compare the results obtained with a new, affordable, rapid prototyping machine, and a traditional professional machine. Two separate data sets are used for this...

The rapid increase in complexity and size of digital systems has reduced the effectiveness of old design methodologies based on physical prototyping. Prototyping via simulation must be used to achieve design cost and time-to-market goals when designing large digital systems. This virtual prototyping design methodology often permits the first physical prototype to be a manufacturable product. A ...

Abstract The increasing availability of smart products creates a more pronounced need for designers to prototype and communicate interactive environmental qualities product during their design process. This paper explores which elements User journey, Storyboards Wireframes contribute communicating these qualities, how they might integrate with sketching. Results show depictions user temporal al...

Computation is no longer tied to the desktop, and rapid prototyping tools shouldn’t be either. It can be difficult to test prototypes of information appliances that are still tethered to a desktop inside a lab. Thus, we built d.stix, a wireless prototyping toolkit to enable designers to rapidly prototype the wireless devices of tomorrow. Our work most strongly contributes to the ‘test’ stage of...

This paper examines the use of metamodels in the context of rapid prototyping for real-time control systems. It is desired that a drive by wire throttle controller be designed to minimise the acceleration oscillations which are a result of the first torsional mode of automotive drivelines. A response surface metamodel is fitted to the output of a complex experimentally verified model of the veh...

Field-programmable gate arrays for prototyping digital circuits are a widely endorsed approach for reducing time-to-market. Offering similar advantages, a field-programmable analog array (FPAA) for prototyping continuous-time linear analog circuits is reported here. Conceptually, a FPAA consists of configurable analog blocks (CABS) and interconnect. The function of each CAE3 and the connections...

The implementation and maintenance of industrial applications have continuously become more and more difficult. In this context, one problem is the evaluation of complex systems. The IEEE defines Prototyping as a development approach promoting the implementation of a pilot version of the intended product. This approach is a potential solution to the early evaluation of a system. It can also be ...

Many proposed video content analysis algorithms for surveillance applications are very computationally intensive, which limits the integration in a total system, running on one processing unit (e.g. PC). To build flexible prototyping systems of low cost, a distributed system with scalable processing power is therefore required. This paper discusses requirements for surveillance systems, conside...

Virtual reality (VR) technology holds promise as a virtual prototyping (VP) toolfor mechanical assembly; however, several developmental challenges still need to beaddressed before virtual prototyping applications can successfully be integrated into theproduct realization process. This paper categorizes and elaborates these challenges and then describes how SHARP (System for Haptic A...