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| List of Figures | |
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| List of Tables | |
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| Introduction | |
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| The Engineering Profession | |
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| The Role of the Design Engineer | |
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| Objective of This Book | |
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| The Design Process | |
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| General Engineering Process | |
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| Applying the General Engineering Process | |
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| Evaluation of Alternative Solutions | |
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| Design Methodologies | |
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| A Methodology for High Quality | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Requirements Analysis | |
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| The Importance of the Requirements Specification | |
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| Developing the Requirements Specification | |
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| Two Scenarios | |
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| A Two-Stage Approach to Developing the Requirements Specification | |
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| Real-World Considerations | |
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| Needs Assessment--Stating the Problem | |
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| Question the Customer | |
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| Differentiate Needs and Wants | |
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| Explore Project Boundaries | |
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| Input/Output Analysis | |
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| Preview the User Interface | |
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| Survey Design Attributes | |
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| Identify Conflicting Needs | |
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| Prepare a Draft Operations Manual | |
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| Prepare the Requirements Specification | |
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| Translating Needs to Specifications | |
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| Specification of Interface Points | |
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| Excessive Requirements | |
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| Verification | |
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| Documenting the Requirements Specification | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exercises | |
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| System Design | |
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| The Importance of System Design | |
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| System Block Diagrams | |
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| The System Design Process | |
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| Conceptualization | |
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| Synthesis | |
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| Analysis | |
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| The Synthesis/Analysis Cycle | |
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| Block-Diagram Basics | |
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| Documentation | |
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| Example | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Managing the Design Process | |
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| The Project Management Approach | |
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| Project Organization | |
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| Elements of Project Management | |
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| The Project Plan | |
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| Defining the Work | |
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| Scheduling | |
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| Network Diagrams | |
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| Reviewing the Work Description | |
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| Bar Charts | |
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| Additional Comments on Scheduling | |
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| Planning Resources and Estimating Costs | |
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| Costing Practices | |
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| Estimating Personnel Requirements | |
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| Budget Preparation | |
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| Putting the Plan Together | |
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| Managing the Project | |
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| Performance Monitoring | |
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| Task Progress | |
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| Schedule Status | |
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| Budget Status | |
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| Reporting | |
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| Problem Resolution | |
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| Summary | |
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| Exercises | |
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| Detailed Design, Testing, and Design Management | |
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| Block Design | |
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| Design Management | |
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| Communication | |
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| Documentation Control | |
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| Design Reviews | |
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| Principles of Testing | |
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| Stages of Testing | |
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| Test Practices | |
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| The System Test | |
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| Conclusion | |
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| Case Study | |
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| Introduction | |
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| Needs Analysis | |
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| Questioning the Customer | |
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| Previewing the User Interface | |
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| Input/Output Analysis | |
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| Preparing the Draft User's Manual | |
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| Statement of the Problem Document | |
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| The Requirements Specification | |
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| Engineering the Tolerances | |
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| Specifying the Prototype Testing | |
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| Specifying the Deliverables and Dispute Resolution | |
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| Finalizing the Requirements Specification | |
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| System Design | |
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| Background | |
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| Getting Organized | |
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| Job 1: Model the Vibration of a Plucked String | |
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| Job 2: Develop Concepts | |
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| Job 3: Give Some Structure to the Concepts | |
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| Job 4: Prioritize the Concepts | |
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| Job 5: Synthesize a DSP Solution | |
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| Job 6: Analyze the System | |
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| Job 7: Revise and Reanalyze the System | |
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| Finalizing the System Design | |
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| Completing the Project | |
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| Data Used in the System Design | |
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| System Design Exercise | |
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| Bibliography | |
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| Index | |