The MathWorks in Natick, Mass., and Mentor Graphics in Wilsonville, Ore., are working together to provide guidance on an integrated workflow for compliance to the RTCA/DO-254 design assurance guidance for airborne electronics hardware standard using model-based design. DO-254 is recognized by the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) as a means for designing complex electronic hardware like field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs), programmable logic devices (PLDs), and application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) in avionics systems. The DO-254 standard is the counterpart to the RTCA DO-178B/EUROCAE ED-12B standard for software in safety-critical systems. The two companies are combining tools to support model-based design throughout all stages of development, including requirements definition and management, conceptual and detailed design, implementation, and testing. Using this integrated workflow, aerospace engineers can verify designs early, implement in HDL quickly, reuse design and verification, and better manage requirements and test cases. More information on adopting model-based design for DO-254 certification with MathWorks tools is online at www.mathworks.com/do-254. The Mentor Graphics DO-254 approach is detailed online at www.mentor.com/go/do-254. An online whitepaper in .pdf format explains the joint workflow.

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