Concurrent Product Design: A Case Study on the Pico Radio Test Bed
Daniel L. Odell, Paul Kenneth Wright · 2002
This paper presents a case study on the mechanical design and fabrication of the Pico Radio Test Bed: a wireless networking node for experimentation with applications, networking, media access layer design, and position locating algorithms. Particular focus is placed on the systematic design process and resolving coupling design constraints between the mechanical and electrical domains. Three generations of the design are presented to demonstrate the evolution of the design as conflicts arose, problems were noticed, and requirements changed.