JohnRH Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 For those of you that do electrical system design. What are the "best" tools for doing top level block diagrams? Currently I use VISO, but it seems like there has got to be something better! My systems usually consist of several 'components' (circuit boards and/or COTS components), contained inside a box, with lots of cable, connectors, and terminal blocks. What would be really cool is something in which I could activly link the blocks to the lower level design detail. (circuit diagrams, interface specs, LabVIEW FPGA code, LabVIEW software, etc.) Quote Link to comment
Tim_S Posted August 30, 2008 Report Share Posted August 30, 2008 QUOTE (JohnRH @ Aug 28 2008, 07:34 PM) For those of you that do electrical system design. What are the "best" tools for doing top level block diagrams? QUOTE (JohnRH @ Aug 28 2008, 07:34 PM) What would be really cool is something in which I could activly link the blocks to the lower level design detail. (circuit diagrams, interface specs, LabVIEW FPGA code, LabVIEW software, etc.) My previous employer didn't have anything (well, Paintbrush) available to me, so I faxed hand-drawn diagrams to the electrician/drafter/electrical designer/jack-of-many-trades. My current employer has AutoCAD; I'm finding that's overkill, but it does allow for a lot of text to be put into place and the diagrams can be included in the prints or drawing package. Most of my diagrams are stored as digital pictures of whiteboards, though. Tim Quote Link to comment
JohnRH Posted September 4, 2008 Author Report Share Posted September 4, 2008 I wonder if NI will eventually extend their Graphical System Design concept from just embedded systems to more complete systems - along the lines of this discussion. I think they already own Micro-Sim. It seems like a fairly logical extension. Quote Link to comment
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