Multi-board electronic systems design with Xpedition
The last decade has seen extraordinary advances in printed circuit board design and fabrication. There has been substantial advances across design, from schematic entry to simulation to layout and routing to team collaboration and even to the way that manufacturing data is transferred to the fabricator. But there is one place where advancement has seemingly been stalled: the overarching system level hardware architecture design and connectivity.
Siemens has a solution that brings integration, automation, and power to multi-board electronic systems design, as an integral part of the Xpedition® design flow.
PCB design advances in the last decade
The PCB design realm has seen huge advances in the last decade. What is needed at the multi-board electronic system level is a similar revolution to provide a solution that automates the enormous connection management problem, facilitates easy system and logical design and
integrates seamlessly with the PCB design flow while managing team, design, and library data at each level of the design hierarchy.
How Siemens multi-board electronic systems design solution helps
Xpedition’s multi-board electronic systems design capabilities precisely fill that need. It is a single integrated environment that enables multi-board systems design, including logical design, partitioning, and connector and wiring management. Your entire hardware design, from multi-board electronic system specification to completed PCBs and cables can be handled with one integrated flow.
Learn more about multi-board electronic systems design.
Multi-board electronic system definitions
- Element – Individual component or sub-assembly
that is designed to be part of a larger collaborating
function - Sub-system or Board – A single printed circuit board
(PCB) comprised of digital, analog, and/or mixed
signal logic that when connected with other boards
deliver a higher level of capability and value - System or Multi-board system - Independent
functioning electronic-centric system packaged as
multiple PCBs; COTS components such as actuators,
sensors, etc.; all interconnected with cables and/or
connectors that deliver features and capabilities that
can operate as a standalone complex unit/product. - System of Systems - Integration of interdependent
systems that create a new, more complex system