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News Release from: Adept Scientific | Subject: Mathcad Application Server
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 09 January 2004
Flexible solution for DSP program
distribution
A DSP hardware manufacturer is using the Mathcad Application Server to provide its customers with flexible support solutions.
A manufacturer of programmable digital signal processing (DSP) chips distributes customised software on CD to help purchasers of these chips design digital filters The software allows engineers to customise the filter's behaviour to a specific design, verify performance using graphics and other benchmark metrics, and extract filter coefficients
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 19 Aug 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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In delivering the design software, the purchaser must code and test the software for each hardware release.
This must be done in a timely fashion that corresponds to the manufacturing timetable of the hardware.
Also, the design software must support all appropriate operating systems and hardware platforms used by the purchaser's engineers.
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The question was, how could the hardware manufacturer provide timely, customisable, robust design support to hardware purchasers without: requiring them to install custom software; necessitating costly custom application development; and providing extensive technical support on the design tools when their emphasis is on hardware.
The solution came in the form of the Mathcad Application Server.
The manufacturer can distribute live design documents online without shipping software to their customers or requiring additional software tools to be installed, maintained in appropriate versions etc.
Instead of packaging the collection on a CD, the collection can be posted on a website, either one that is publicly accessible or a password protected domain, and the URL can be distributed to the purchaser, who only needs a browser to use the worksheets.
This makes the information easily updatable, cross-platform and lets them do double duty as advertising for the manufacturer's hardware.
In addition, web-ready solutions drafted using Mathcad Enterprise's visual development environment and graphical tools reduce software development time to days from weeks.
Application notes are created using a wizard to create web controls such as drop down lists and text fields.
There is no limit to the number of interactions visitors may have with documents on the site.
Template capabilities allow documents to be further customised to have a certain look and feel depending on how and to whom they are distributed.
The benefits of this solutions are that live design documents can be delivered asynchronously and needn't be tied to delivery of physical goods, while information can be updated or corrected easily, and the calculations always remain up-to-date; design notes are cross-platform, independent of operating systems and quick to develop; new design technology can be incorporated in hours instead of weeks and interested parties that don't currently purchase these filters can preview one or more documents to get a sense of the power and flexibility of the whole solution - programmable hardware plus software support.
In conclusion, the Mathcad Application Server is an ideal way to provide hardware purchasers with an integrated solution that includes customisable support materials that allow them to optimise their use of the hardware.
The manufacturer can do this in a timely manner that gives the company greater control over delivery of that benefit. Request a free brochure from Adept Scientific ...
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