What are the differences between HW Prototype and Reference Design?
Shahram Shafie
Technical Engineering Management, Product Architect, and Systems Definer, Antenna, at ORTENGA
There are two types of HW projects; first Prototype, second Reference Design.
They are both similar yet with somewhat different objectives.
In case of HW Prototype, although there is some analysis and simulation, but the functionality and performance of the HW has never been verified.
This typically applies to out of box and innovative ideas and design validation which is required. HW Prototype is also used to characterize the design/device over Process, Voltage, and Temperature, aka?PVT.
On the other hand HW reference design implies that there is confidence and supporting?PVT?data on the performance of the design, via HW Prototype.
The HW reference design is final product that external customer can acquire and validate them on their own.
The HW reference design is sometimes called the Evaluation Kit, aka Eval Kit.
Customer gets Gerber and Schematic files as well as design guidelines for duplicating the reference design.
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