Beschreibung
The scope of this work provides a description of the stages of design, fabrication and assembly of PCBs leading to a treatise of work done in the area of design for assembly of PCBs in the surface mount domain. Subsequently, a declarative representation of PCB design guidelines and rules so that they are capable of being implemented as discrete knowledge-based data-structures, is provided in this work. Furthermore, selected PCB design guidelines and rules were evaluated so as to provide a degree of industrial orientation to this work. Finally, a specification and architecture for a system to provide design for assembly knowledge to support PCB design is developed, culminating in a demonstration of knowledge-based decision support in the design for assembly of PCBs.
Autorenporträt
Tom Page B.Sc (Hons), M.Phil, Ph.D, C.Eng, MIET, MIEEE, FHEA, teaches Electronic Product Design at the Loughborough Design School at Loughborough University UK. His research interests are in the areas of of computer applications for design education, logistics and supply chain management and electronic product design.
