Eclipse Aviation says its Eclipse 500 was built upon the principle of a total product lifecycle management approach combining mechanical, electronic, electrical, and manufacturing disciplines. The integration of subsystems into a final wire harness was key, this being the "living neurological system" of the aircraft, controlling all electrical and electronic signals to all essential systems. Initially, the design process was a semi-manual task. Lee Whittenton, an engineer in Eclipse's Avionics and Electrical Engineering department, explained that when looking at any harness, the source of the harness will have many subsystems, each with its own wiring diagram. "Harness modeling was done in programs such as AutoCAD.
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