Centralized database for interconnection system design

Author

Billitti, J.W.

Author_Institution

Jet Propulsion Lab., California Inst. of Technol., CA, USA

fYear

1989

Abstract

A database application called DFACS (database, forms and applications for cabling and systems) is described. The objective of DFACS is to improve the speed and accuracy of interconnection system information flow during the design and fabrication stages of a project, while simultaneously supporting both the horizontal (end-to-end wiring) and the vertical (wiring by connector) design stratagems used by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) project engineering community. The DFACS architecture is centered around a centralized database and program methodology which emulates the manual design process hitherto used at JPL. DFACS has been tested and successfully applied to existing JPL hardware tasks with a resulting reduction in schedule time and costs.<>

Keywords

circuit CAD; database management systems; electric connectors; project engineering; space vehicles; wiring; Jet Propulsion Laboratory; cabling; centralized database; circuit CAD; design process; end-to-end wiring; horizontal design stratagems; interconnection system information flow; program methodology; project engineering; spacecraft system; vertical design stratagems; wiring by connector; Connectors; Databases; Fabrication; Hardware; Laboratories; Process design; Project engineering; Propulsion; Testing; Wiring;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Aerospace Applications Conference, 1989. Digest., 1989 IEEE

Conference_Location

Breckenridge, CO, USA

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/AERO.1989.82412

Filename

82412