Unit I : Introduction to Electronic Product Design Man machine dialog and Industrial design, user-centered design, five element of successful design, cognition, ergonomics. Packaging and factors, design for manufacture, assembly and disassembly, wiring, temperature, vibration and shock. Safety, noise, energy coupling, grounding, filtering and shielding. (Chapter - 1) Unit II : Hardware Design & Testing Methods Design process. Identifying the requirements, formulating specifications, design specifications, Specifications verses requirements, System partitioning, Functional design, architectural design, Functional model verses architectural model. Prototyping. Performance and Efficiency measures. Formulating a test plan, writing specifications, Test procedure and test cases, Egoless design, design reviews. Module debug and test: black box test, white box test, grey box test. (Chapter - 2) Unit III : Software Design and Testing Methods Types of Software. Waterfall model of software development. Models, metrics and software limitations. Risk abatement and failure preventions. Software bugs and testing. Good programming practice. User interface. Embedded, Real time software. (Chapter - 3) Unit IV : PCB Design Fundamental Definitions, Standards. Routing Topology Configurations, Layer Stack up assignment, Grounding Methodologies, Aspect Ratio, Image Planes, Functional Partitioning, Critical frequencies, Bypassing and decoupling. Design techniques for ESD Protection, Guard Band implementation. (Chapter - 4) Unit V : Product Debugging and Testing Steps of Debugging, Techniques for troubleshooting, characterization, Electromechanical components, passive components, active components, active devices, operational amplifier, Analog-Digital Conversion, Digital Components, Inspection and test of components, Simulation, Prototyping and testing, Integration, validation and verification. EMI & EMC issues. (Chapter - 5) Unit VI : Documentation Definition, need and types of documentation. Records, Accountability and Liability. Audience. Preparation, Presentation and Preservation of documents. Methods of documentation, Visual techniques, Layout of documentation, Bill of material. (Chapter - 6)
