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Complete
Systems Design means different things to different
people or situations. In the main, organisations that
consult or supply in one specific area of expertise
generally don't, or even can't, look outside it. For
example a firm that supplies IT infrastructure may well
consider that a "complete system" has been delivered
once they have completed their own network engineering
portion of a much wider engineering task.
In the
real world, real solutions often need to span numerous
technical disciplines and the more firms there are
involved in providing a solution the greater the costs.
This is because the integration tasks and issues tend to
escalate in non linear fashion as ever more companies
are involved and the complexity increases. One
mitigating factor is good project planning and
management and to be able to respond effectively to
deviations as a development programme unfolds.
Chelsfield
Consultants have been personally responsible for the
design of both hardware and software solutions across a
wide range of technical disciplines and in many
different market sectors for over 30 years. Added to
this experience is the strength that springs from
numerous collaborations and joint ventures with centers
of excellence around the
world.
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| SOFTWARE
vs HARDWARE:
This
chart roughly indicates the relative mix
of design projects undertaken over an
extended period by Chelsfield between
software and hardware . For the most
part, projects are considered here as
Firmware if they are ROM based and do
not contain a GUI or user interface.
Projects
are considered Software if they contain
some sort of UI or GUI or they have a
mixture of both ROM based code and
application code.
To
qualify as a Software / Firmware only
project (green) there is a zero hardware
design element (other than FPGA or ROM
or EPROM loading) |
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indicates that projects have included a
substantial hardware design element such
as a custom instrument case with front
panel, display and battery compartment
for example. |
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"We
provide you with services that not only save you much more than we charge
in
fees, but we will also strive to provide
you with robust, technology-proof
solutions that you will instinctively
feel comfortable with"
"We
have an exceptionally long technical
reach into many specialist areas of
design through our open and long-standing relationships
with centers of excellence around the
globe."
"Whatever
your needs, Chelsfield can usually
deliver cost-effective answers
integrating a broad range of technical
disciplines.
Roy
"Commander" Simmons |
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| MECHANICAL
vs ELECTRONICS BASED
Proportion
of design projects undertaken by Chelsfield between
Mechanical and Electronic design. As
you will note relatively few mechanical
only-designs have been called for. |
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| CHIP
INTEGRATION LEVEL
Proportion
of design projects undertaken by Chelsfield
over a range of chip integration levels. In
practice there is often a mix of
technologies however, the dominant level in
any particular project is used here as a
guide. |
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