Decouple Software Architecture

Software today plays a very important role in products, and a large share of features are developed on the back of its capabilities. In this scenario, therefore, product design agility cannot be achieved only through the electronic boards – software must play a vital role here as well.

Agile product architectures help ensure that the functional software is completely decoupled from hardware and can run on any standard platform.

This is a key consideration as a shortage of critical components like microcontrollers could be the toughest ones to handle in terms of redesign (given that it not only affects the board design but also the software).

A decoupled software architecture will therefore be valuable in minimizing the magnitude of changes required and expedite the turnaround time for such redesign requirements.

Here, we should note that design for Agility may involve a marginal increase in the unit material cost of the product.

However, in the long term, the flexibility and business value created through optimized cost of sustenance and the elimination of disruption in supply to customers will far outweigh the incidental increase in product prices.

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