Printed circuit board design and manufacturing
AssigneeTempo Automation, Inc.
InventorsJeffrey McAlvay, Shannon Lincoln, Jesse Koenig, Thomas Anderson, Jonas Neubert, Shashank Samala, Ryan Saul
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Abstract
A spatial model of a printed circuit board assembly is generated based on an input file. The spatial model is used to determine a spatial feature not directly specified in the input file. A manufacturing parameter is determined based at least in part on the determined spatial feature. A proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly is generated programmatically based at least in part on the determined manufacturing parameter.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a processor configured to:
- generate a spatial model of a printed circuit board assembly based on at least one input file;
- use the spatial model to determine one or more spatial features not specified directly in the at least one input file;
- determine one or more manufacturing parameters based at least in part on the determined one or more spatial features not specified directly in the at least one input file;
- determine which of the one or more manufacturing parameters influence a proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly, wherein the proposal includes a cost and/or time to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- generate programmatically, based at least in part on the determined one or more manufacturing parameters, the proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- and
- identify one or more manufacturing parameters that can be modified to improve the proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- and
- a memory coupled to the processor and configured to provide the processor with instructions.
A method, comprising:
- generating a spatial model of a printed circuit board assembly based on at least one input file;
- using the spatial model to determine one or more spatial features not specified directly in the at least one input file;
- determining one or more manufacturing parameters based at least in part on the determined one or more spatial features not specified directly in the at least one input file;
- determining which of the one or more manufacturing parameters influence a proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly, wherein the proposal includes a cost and/or time to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- generating programmatically, based at least in part on the determined one or more manufacturing parameters, the proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- and
- identifying one or more manufacturing parameters that can be modified to improve the proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly.
A computer program product, the computer program product being embodied in a tangible non-transitory computer readable storage medium and comprising computer instructions for:
- generating a spatial model of a printed circuit board assembly based on at least one input file;
- using the spatial model to determine one or more spatial features not specified directly in the at least one input file;
- determining one or more manufacturing parameters based at least in part on the determined one or more spatial features not specified directly in the at least one input file;
- determining which of the one or more manufacturing parameters influence a proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly, wherein the proposal includes a cost and/or time to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- generating programmatically, based at least in part on the determined one or more manufacturing parameters, the proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly;
- and
- identifying one or more manufacturing parameters that can be modified to improve the proposal to manufacture the printed circuit board assembly.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.