Patent ID: 8819604

Claim:
A system comprising: hardware, including a processor; a computer-readable data storage medium to store one or more computer programs executable by the hardware; one or more of: (a) a logical design component implemented by the computer programs to permit a design of an electronic device to be modified from a logical perspective on a schematic of the electronic device showing components of the electronic device in logical form, the logical design component to display a logical window of the schematic within which the design is modifiable; (b) a physical design component implemented by the computer programs to permit the design of the electronic device to be modified from a circuit board perspective on a circuit board representation of the electronic device showing the components of the electronic device in physical form, the physical design component to display a physical window of the circuit board representation within which the design is modifiable, such that one or more windows of the logical window and the physical window are displayed; and a real-time component implemented by the computer programs to permit the design of the electronic device to be virtually modified from a simplified circuit board perspective on a simplified view of the circuit board representation of the electronic device, the real-time component to display a simplified window of the simplified view of the circuit board representation within which the design virtually is modifiable, wherein changes made to the design of the electronic device within the one or more windows of the logical window and the physical window are automatically displayed within the simplified window in real-time, and virtual changes made to the design within the simplified window are automatically displayed within the one or more windows in real-time, wherein the virtual changes made to the design within the simplified window using the real-time component are not in actuality automatically made to the circuit board representation of the electronic device, but rather are just virtually depicted in the simplified window, the circuit board representation still having to be correspondingly updated in accordance with the virtual changes using the physical design component.