System Modeling Blog

Many mechatronic system capabilities depend on software as well as hardware. Hardware and software development methodologies, however, are quite often seperated within a company despite the obvious advantages of an integrated flow. In some ways, trying to combine hardware and software design into a single, integrated flow is much like trying to make a great salad dressing using oil and vinegar: getting … Read More

Hardware/software co-design, Add new tag, SystemVision conneXion, SystemVision SVX

All EDA companies share a common business objective: convincing customers to buy their tools over the competition. Among other marketing tasks, we search for graphics that best express the value of our tools, graphics that customers can look at and immediately understand. Having worked on many charts and graphs myself over the years, I’ll admit it’s not an easy job to find or develop just the right … Read More

Modeling, Add new tag

Recently I’ve been working on several modeling examples for an upcoming workshop. Creating a simulation model for any component presents many challenges, starting with figuring out exactly what you need to model. Naturally, the answer to this question determines not only what information the model can teach you about the system, but also, in general, how difficult the model will be to create. For the … Read More

Mechatronic, Add new tag

In a recent blog post I mentioned the biennial SAE Convergence conference and exhibition. I spent most of last week in the Motor City dividing my time between the Mentor Graphics® and National Instruments™ booths on the exhibition floor. Among other products, we highlighted our partnership with National Instruments, and our SystemVision® SVX client for their LabVIEW™ test program development environment. … Read More

LabVIEW, SAE Convergence, Add new tag, SystemVision SVX, SquareOne