System Modeling

Full System Integration

True system modeling provides an interactive environment in which designers can verify their specific part of an overall puzzle, a puzzle in which any small change can affect the final outcome. “What-if” tradeoffs can be made, performance as a function of component tolerances can be determined, and many other analyses can be performed.

Mentor's SystemVision and BridgePoint products successfully address the requirements for system modeling in the transportation, aerospace, medical and other industries.

The system model can be used to anticipate and fix design issues before actual hardware is built. Designers can discover unanticipated systemic interactions in the prototyping and production phases of the design process.

Virtualized Integration

System integration no longer requires all of the components to be available. Virtual system integration can take place at the time of system requirements definition or during preliminary or detailed design, allowing critical problems to be uncovered well before final system integration.

  • Inter-discipline modeling (HW/SW/Sensor/Actuator/Plant) facilitates global optimization
  • Modeling facilitates moving platform SW/HW integration earlier in the design cycle, reducing schedule risk
  • Synthesis (code generation) facilitates more design options, leading to better performance and/or lower cost

Advanced Statistical Analysis for System Design Web Seminar

Learn how advanced design tools can be used to adjust design parameters to meet nominal design requirements, to assess the manufacturability of a design, and to optimize design to meet specification while... View Event

Hansen

The April 2009 Hansen Report is now available, featuring an extensive profile on Mentor Graphics and new automotive tool developments. View Report

System Modeling: An Introduction

techpub: This paper introduces a systematic process for developing and analyzing system models for the purpose of computer simulation. This process is demonstrated using the Digitally-Controlled Positioning System... View Techpub

Model-Driven Development for Embedded Systems

techpub: An overview of how to use UML for model-driven development with an example of how to build a real-time application using code generation for clean, readable, optimized and error free code. View Techpub

Combining ModelSim and Simulink in an Integrated Simulation Environment

techpub: SystemVision has the ability to effectively integrate compiled ModelSim libraries, Simulink block diagrams, and additional multi-technology design elements into a single simulatable system. View Techpub

Design Tasks

Model Driven Development

Model-driven development provides a structure for managing complexity while, at each design stage, making it possible to directly link design functionality back to original requirements and functional specifications.

System Integration, Simulation and Analysis

Using specialized algorithms to analyze a model of a system, simulation provides the ability to successively verify new designs from concept to implementation.

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System Modeling Techpubs

Reducing Development Program Risk

techpub: This paper describes how incorporating a model-driven development process into the development life cycle lays the groundwork for an integrated design flow. This process helps address systems integration... View Techpub

Modeling a Digitally Controlled Power Supply

techpub: Power supply designs are going digital. It is now common to see what would have once been a completely analog design incorporate some combination of Digital Signal Processing (DSP), microcontroller (uC),... View Techpub

How to Model Power Systems Using SystemVision

techpub: This booklet introduces practical guidelines and specific techniques for developing and analyzing complex power systems with the aid of computer simulation. The general concept of computer simulation... View Techpub

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