SBIR Phase I: Computer Aided Prototyping (CAP)

SBIR 第一阶段：计算机辅助原型设计 (CAP)

• 批准号: 9561156
• 负责人: Thomas Miller
• 金额: $ 7.06万
• 依托单位: Proto One
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 1996
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 1996-03-01 至 1996-09-30
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=9561156&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: SBIR; Phase; Computer; Aided; Prototyping

This small Business Innovative Research (SBIR) Phase I project addresses a rapid prototyping procedure for new products which incorporate microprocessor technology. Today, development of each new microprocessor controlled product involves custom design of both hardware and software, in many cases duplicating functionality previously implemented in earlier products. This process of re-inventing much that has already been done often requires an extended R&D cycle and unnecessarily large costs. An alternative to this approach to prototyping is designated Computer Alded Prototyping (CAP). Phase I research will configure a new product prototype with proven hardware and proven software using a personal computer click-and-drag scheme as the configuration tool. Unique hardware design, unique software design, and unique merging concepts will be studied. The result will be a practical CAP concept. The CAP concept is expected to make a drastic reduction in the cost and time required to prototype a new product. No longer would it be necessary for teams of engineers and programmers to spend months or years designing, coding, compiling, and debugging prototypes. Technicians trained in the CAP Procedure will be able to use a PC to build a working prototype in a matter of days or weeks. CAP would find wide commercial use in the electronics industry in that virtually every such product contains a microprocessor chip. Other potential arenas of application include, but are not limited to, medical devices, office equipment, and manufacturing processes and control.

这个小企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目解决了包含微处理器技术的新产品的快速原型程序。今天，每个新的微处理器控制产品的开发都涉及硬件和软件的定制设计，在许多情况下，重复以前在早期产品中实现的功能。这种重新发明很多已经完成的东西的过程往往需要延长研发周期和不必要的大成本。这种原型方法的另一种替代方法被称为计算机辅助原型（CAP）。第一阶段的研究将使用个人电脑点击-拖动方案作为配置工具，配置一个具有经过验证的硬件和软件的新产品原型。将学习独特的硬件设计、独特的软件设计和独特的合并概念。结果将是一个实用的CAP概念。CAP概念有望大幅减少新产品原型所需的成本和时间。工程师和程序员团队不再需要花费数月或数年的时间来设计、编码、编译和调试原型。经过CAP程序培训的技术人员将能够在几天或几周内使用PC建立一个工作原型。CAP在电子工业中得到了广泛的商业应用，因为几乎每一种电子产品都包含一个微处理器芯片。其他潜在的应用领域包括但不限于医疗设备、办公设备以及制造过程和控制。