OnTrack · 16 Oct 2024 · 30m · Episode 280
Louise Linblad, VP of Product for Systems Engineering, and Gonçalo Ivo, Head of Product for Requirements & Systems Portal at Altium, discuss the launch of the Requirements & Systems Portal within Altium 365. They explain how the tool integrates the acquired Valispace technology to automate requirements management, connecting high-level system needs directly to Altium Designer PCB projects. The guests highlight key features such as automatic validation of design parameters (like layer counts and trace widths), AI-assisted requirement generation, and bidirectional traceability between system engineers and electronic engineers. They emphasize that this integration reduces errors, accelerates time to market, and shifts the workflow from disconnected spreadsheets to a unified digital thread.
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Engineering & simulation
The system uses AI to assist users in creating and breaking down high-level requirements into specific subsystem requirements, helping to identify inconsistencies and suggesting improvements.
“even when writing the requirements, we have some AI assisted, uh, assisted features that can help you to to create requirements to flow down uh, to better design and write your requirements…”
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early-stage companies
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