brassboardとは 意味・読み方・使い方

名詞

brassboard (複数形 brassboards)

1. An experimental or demonstration test model, intended for field testing outside the laboratory environment.
   • 1981 January, “Sumney on VHSIC”, in Defense Electronics, volume 13, number 1, page 50:

     DOD hopes during this part of Phase 1 to develop a sufficient number of integrated system brassboards.

   • 1984 November–December, H. Steven Kimmel, “Very High Speed Integrated Circuits for Army Systems”, in Army Research, Development & Acquisition Magazine, volume 25, number 6, page 11:

     From the outset, the Army was interested in five of the six basic functional brassboards to be provided by the program.

   • 1993, Norman B. Reilly, “Trade-off Analysis”, in Successful Systems Engineering for Engineers and Managers, Van Nostrand Reinhold; Chapman & Hall, →ISBN, page 161:

     Brassboards generally represent a more serious attempt to mimic the behavior of the final product, particularly in terms of component placing, connector lengths, and packaging. Portions of brassboards that involve high-risk areas may be constructed as near replicas of the envisioned final product and may be of sufficient integrity to undergo considerable testing.