Patent ID: 8838424
Filing Date: 2014-09-16
Classification: G06F

Abstract:
1. A method of synthesizing an electrical and electronic architecture of a complete product that needs to satisfy given requirements, said architecture including wired connections connecting together some pieces of equipment of the product, the method comprising the following steps performed by at least one computer hardware unit: defining zones of said product suitable for receiving said equipment; defining a network of pathways within said product for receiving said wired connections, the pathway network connecting any one zone to all the other zones; drawing up a list of pieces of equipment for installing in said product and the zones in which each equipment can be arranged; drawing up at least one functional scheme comprising, for at least one equipment, information relating to the wired connections leaving the equipment and to their destinations; positioning each equipment in a zone; performing routing by connecting each piece of equipment in compliance with said information by means of wired connections following said pathway network; and evaluating said architecture in order to determine whether it is compatible with said requirements, and storing the architecture and the evaluation in memory, wherein each piece of equipment is placed at the center of gravity of a zone.