Walker details the Worst Case Analysis (WCA) process developed by his Design/Analysis Consultants, Inc (DACI). He discusses how to identify and assess potential risks and how to analyze data and correct problems using statistical methods; and reviews supplementary analytical methods for critical safety-related designs. He also covers common misconceptions in analysis and provides tips and equations for often-misapplied or hard-to-design circuits. Appendixes include practical advice for coping with a high-stress project, DACI's WCA standard, and a sample WCA report. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.
"...A book that should be on the shelf of every digital or analog electronic-system designer." - Frank Goodenough, Electronic Design
This Handbook offers design engineers and managers immediately useful, meat-and-potatoes techniques for achieving design validation by analysis in an easy-to-read style. The book contains numerous useful and interesting
tips for electronics circuit designers. Examples of rectifier circuits, power supplies, digital timing, thermal analysis, grounding and layout, and EMI/noise control are examined in detail with fully worked-out numerical examples.
If you need to create reliable, cost-effective, optimized designs, The Design Analysis Handbook provides a practical framework for integrating quality into the design process from start to finish. The methodology used is called Worst Case Analysis Plus (WCA+), a design-validation tool that demands thoroughness and analytical thinking by the user.
A guide to assessing and validating circuit design, The Design Analysis Handbook presents processes and mathematical tools in a straightforward, real-world manner. Unique features of the approach include chapters on safety, bad science, and surviving high-pressure design projects.
N. Edward Walker is the president of Design/Analysis Consultants, Inc., based in Tampa, Florida. The Handbook is based on DACI's extensive experience in the design and analysis of highly-reliable electronic systems.
Straightforward guide to practical design validation
Shows how to avoid design hazards
Provides framework for integrating quality with the design process