Hands on - SmartDraw

First thing after "requirement engineering" in any embedded software development life cycle is design. In case of software design choosing a proper way and of-course a design  tool  is a preliminary step . To kick off the software development life cycle,  flow chart designing is a common practice  in low end embedded systems. It not only provides an clear cut idea for coding but also helps as an document, for the whole life time of the project.

Main criteria to choose design  tool are.
1]  How fast you can develop the design using the tool
2] Does the design what you make is portable to other document formats like .doc, .ppt etc.
3] Does it provide the required design blocks for your intended design.
4] And most importantly cost!

Let me share my experience with SmartDraw tool. Believe me it is really amazing tool. Using this you can really draw almost all type of diagrams. It is really independent of discipline. Finance, management, all types engineering branches can benefit from the tool. Even we can draw electronic circuit.

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Trial version can be downloaded from the  link http://www.smartdraw.com/downloads/.
Just test the capabilities of the SmartDraw i made a flow chart. Later i sent it to Microsoft excel. Believe me i am able  create the flow chart within 5 minutes.

Snap of the same you can find below.Its really fantastic tool. It can save  nearly 80% of documentation during design phase of project. Hats of to SmartDraw!

For any further information please feal free to mail at contact_ehobby@fastmail.fm
 -eguru