Introduction

Electronic System-Level (ESL) design covers most of the whole electronic product. ESL includes the integrated circuits, power, and electrical and human interfaces.

A single IC can now contain most of the system electronics. Therefore, system-level design is often a part of the IC design. Software now resides on the IC as well, so we include embedded software as part of ESL design.

Let us join Nora as she learns about ESL design tools from Sam. He is a system engineer at SysComInc.

Nora:Thanks for helping me prepare for tomorrow's product meeting, Sam. Will one of our Sandbox tools help you design your planned product?
Sam:Yes, but actually it is our customer who is planning a new product. We are going to help their team define what ...

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