SBIR Phase I: Computer Aided Prototyping (CAP)

这个小型企业创新研究（SBIR）第一阶段项目解决了新产品的快速原型程序，其中包括微处理器技术。 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，复制了以前在早期产品中实现的功能。 这种重新发明已经完成的许多工作的过程往往需要延长研发周期和不必要的巨额成本。 另一种方法是计算机辅助原型（CAP）。 第一阶段的研究将配置一个新的产品原型与成熟的硬件和成熟的软件使用个人电脑点击和拖动计划作为配置工具。 将研究独特的硬件设计、独特的软件设计和独特的合并概念。 其结果将是一个切实可行的联合呼吁程序概念。 CAP概念预计将大大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使用PC在几天或几周内构建工作原型。 CAP将在电子工业中发现广泛的商业用途，因为实际上每个这样的产品都包含微处理器芯片。 其他潜在的应用领域包括但不限于医疗器械、办公设备以及制造工艺和控制。

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.