Leverage your data successfully
Whiteboard is a tool needed by engineers and their teams or customers to analyze and leverage the data generated by their measurement setups and/or simulation software.
A data analysis software must help engineers work on different data to arrange the information efficiently, explain the behavior of the device under test clearly, present the measurement report to their customers properly and extract needed information to make rational conclusions about their product.
Whiteboard’s Key Features
The Whiteboard software Suite is offered with the following options, and each module addresses different needs.
On top of that, a list of useful controls is made available to initiate different scripts, like:
The script editor supports syntax coloring, auto-complete functions as you type. It also highlights matching braces, allows for code folding, and has additional features to help develop scripts more quickly. Error messages and output are shown in the log window.
The Whiteboard Editor lets users create their own Data Display and Data Analysis Templates, for advanced data analysis and post processing.
The Whiteboard Editor WHIT-10 module allows engineers to develop their ideal data analysis templates.
If in your workflow :
Then, the Whiteboard Editor is for you. This one allows the development of flexible data analysis templates tailored for your needs. It allows adjusting the visualization parameters and contains the necessary controls to make the interface more user-friendly and easier to read.
The Whiteboard supports different measurement data in several formats given by IVCAD, IQSTAR, or third-party measurement platforms. You can easily display
Defaults graphs are proposed according to the file formats and the data content. Drag on drop the chart frame, and pre-optimized figures are then displayed.
When using simulation tools such as VISION or third-party RF simulators, data files can be multidimensional with customized parameters. Because of the potentially unlimited number of
dimensions explored during the simulation work, the Whiteboard is an unrivaled tool when both flexibility and performance are needed to extract the files' core information.
If it’s important to display the behavior of the design or the device under multiple conditions, the Whiteboard data illustration is based on a “Parent-Child” structure. This characteristic allows each control
(Graph, Tables, Wafer, Filters…) to use data from either the input file or another control.
Using a multipage structure, the analysis tool offers the possibility to arrange the workspace in dedicated sections for an enhanced user experience. The data can be displayed in different formats:
• Graphs (XY, Polar, Smith Charts, 2D and 3D)
• Tables
• Equations
• Pictures
Multiple controls are available to navigate through the data and extract desired parameters:
The user has full control of each graph's position, and size and the interface can be enhanced with explanatory text, banners, and images to make the analysis experience clearer and more user-friendly.
Used as a complement to the Whiteboard Editor license, the deployment service enables customized data display or analysis template environments to be exported as independent tools for third parties.
For example, an engineer can create a specific measurement report template and provide it as a pre-configured tool for colleagues in the laboratory.
Using their Whiteboard visualization tool, technicians can then reuse the template and supplement it with their own measurement data, to update graphs and figures accordingly.
The deployment service can also be used to export certain data displays, with embedded measurement files that cannot be replaced by other data files. In this case, the reader will use the Whiteboard Free visualization tool, which does not require a paid license.
The Deployment add-on of the Whiteboard, WHIT11, was specifically developed to help users facing issues like:
When the WHIT10 Whiteboard Editor generates a new iteration of the template, the WHIT11 Deployment tool helps the user share its personalized template among colleagues to standardize the data analysis process within its company or with customers in the format of an interactive report.
This option offers a competitive tool that supports a company's growth by providing the right means to complete the work and provides a flexible solution in a timely manner.
This feature is not available when using other third-party RF commercial simulators which have not been designed to support this particular need.
The Whiteboard Deployment option allows generating a workspace to be shared within the company or with a group of users while allowing access to interactive data analysis controls and even to load other data source files.
Two Deployment options are possible with this module:
This license can be installed independently on any computer. This tool is used to load data display templates created by other colleagues using the Whiteboard Editor and Whiteboard Deployment Service Add-On tools.
These report templates can then be supplemented with your own measurement or simulation data to update graphs and figures accordingly.
The WHIT20 Whiteboard Viewer enables the opening of WHIT10 templates delivered through the WHIT11 Deployment tool.
By generating a customized template, the editor provides an enhanced team experience when using the company's data. He also decreases the time wasted by his team in managing the data because the post processing template is already qualified and ready to be used by the group.
The deployed Whiteboard Viewers are multiple copies of the workspace. The number of copies is managed directly by the editor.
By sharing all the interface's interactive capabilities applicable to an unlimited number of data files given by a simulator or a measurement bench, the team experience is greatly improved as the viewer tool streamlines everyone’s data workflows.
Different templates can be developed to respond to the need of each group in your company. Therefore, the Whiteboard Editor with Deployment option can address multiple needs within the same corporation:
This license can be installed independently on any computer. The license of this tool is provided at no cost
The reader of the report can visualize the measurement or simulation data embedded in a template provided by other colleagues using the Whiteboard Editor and Whiteboard Deployment Service Add-On tools
The data provided with the template cannot be replaced by other data.
The WHIT30 Workspace Free Viewer, delivered through the WHIT11 Deployment tool, enables the opening of WHIT10 templates associated with specific data files. The end reader doesn’t need any particular license of the Whiteboard.
Application and Marketing engineers usually aim to generate data reports. Then, they want to share these reports within the company and with their end customers to promote their product specifications because of the latest performances, but they are facing some issues:
For these reasons, AMCAD engineering developed the WHIT30 Free Workspace Viewer module.
This one offers interactive measurement reports that enable their customers to change some conditions and see the impact of this new condition on the device's performance. This interactivity is more efficient than asking for a new version of a static document.
In addition, it is possible to generate report templates, where a simple selection of the data file populates all the graphs and tables in the final report with the new values. This way, the application engineer can spend more time on his work, and the colleagues and customers can have access to all needed data to appreciate the end product.
Note: Contrary to the WHIT20 viewer module, the data in the WHIT30, Free Workspace Viewer, is hardcoded inside the interactive report. The reader will not be allowed to change the original data. He will only be able to tune the parameters made available by the editor to refresh the different graphics and tables.
