Design mingles with test across domains

摘要

The lines between electrical-engineering disciplines are con tinually blurring, with traditional test products taking on design chores and vice versa. The lines between electronics engineers and experts in other domains may be blurring, as well. This issue's cover story highlights both of these trends; it recounts the efforts of design and test companies and their customers to bring medical and aerospace systems to market. Increasingly, domain experts in fields such as medical electronics, aero space engineering, and mechatronics can participate in tasks once the province of C coders or hardware engineers.