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   What is Fide?
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   Fide (Fuzzy Inference Development Environment) is a complete environment
   for the development of fuzzy logic-based systems.  Fide provides system
   engineers with the most effective fuzzy tools in the industry and runs in
   MS-Windows(TM)  on 386/486 hardware.  The price is $1495 and is available 
   now from Aptronix and authorized Motorola distributors.  The software 
   package comes with complete documentation on how to develop fuzzy logic 
   based applications, free telephone support for 90 days and access to 
   the Aptronix	FuzzyNet information exchange.
   
   Fide employs a friendly and useful tool for each level of debugging,
   including data tracing, analysis and simulation.  These tools present the
   inference unit's behavior from the perspective of the user and enable
   interactive debugging of the fuzzy model and the inference process.  If
   the inference unit does not perform as expected, these tools lead the user
   to the bug location in the source code.  Engineers will feel comfortable
   developing applications with Fide because the interaction of the tools
   follow a traditional programming approach of design, simulation and
   analysis.
   
   Specify the fuzzy inference system effectively
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   Fide is based on a language called FIL (Fuzzy Inference Language).  Because
   FIL is a non-sequential language with English-like statements, using FIL
   is very easy.  Although simple to learn, FIL incorporates the most
   efficient inference methods and a rich variety of logic operators for
   different applications.  FIL also provides optimized flexibility for
   membership function representation and the data types required by separate
   target processors.
   
   Take advantage of an open architecture that offers easy compatibility
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   For the first time, a complete standard for fuzzy systems is combined into
   one unit called FSSE, Aptronix's fuzzy system standard environment.  In
   order to provide the user with an open architecture environment, Aptronix
   has made FSSE available to the public.  FSSE consists of data formats for
   membership functions, inference rules, inference units and other fuzzy
   inference parameters.
   
   Simulation instead of fabrication
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   Testing a system is usually expensive, time consuming and sometimes
   impossible.  With Fide engineers can design, simulate and perfect an
   entire dynamic system, including hardware, before building anything.  
   Engineers can perfect designs and examine trade-offs while avoiding costly
   errors in the fabrication or assembly stages of construction.
   
   Get the product to market faster
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   Fide's integrated tools provide the most efficient environment to debug,
   analyze and simulate the behavior of a system.  The time from conceptual
   design to testing and implementation is reduced dramatically.
   
   

                    HOW TO USE FIDE IN THREE EASY STEPS
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   A fuzzy logic system is based on fuzzy inference units integrated with
   non-fuzzy units.  Fide is designed to cover the entire spectrum of the
   system design process, both at the unit and system level.  To design a
   fuzzy inference unit, follow these three steps:
   
    
                      STEP #1 - Write the source code.
   
   All source code is written in FIL (the language for fuzzy inference). 
   Specify the input/output variables, the membership functions associated
   with them, and the inference rules with FIL.  If the system requires
   special logic operators and inference methods