Work Term II Presentation Testing Aircraft Certifiable Software

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Work Term II PresentationTesting Aircraft
Certifiable Software

• Nadia Chaouch
• September 2004

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Outline

• Engenuity Technologies
• QCG Product
• How it works
• DO-178b Certification
• What did I learn?
• Technical Perspective
• Professional Perspective
• Personal Perspective
• All work and no play

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Engenuity Technologies

• Headquartered in Montreal, with worldwide
  coverage. Approximately 75 employees.
• Products developed are used to create embedded
  display graphics (VAPS) and simulations (STAGE).
• Customers mainly Military and Aerospace.

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Engenuity Technologies - VAPS
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Qualifiable Code Generator (QCG)

• Converts interfaces developed using VAPS into C
  Code.
• C code can then be ported to appropriate
  OS/embedded system.
• Certification for DO-178b level A is acquired.

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DO-178b Level A

• Software whose anomalous behavior () would
  cause or contribute to a failure of system
  function resulting in a catastrophic failure
  condition for the aircraft

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Learning Technical Perspective

• Programming Languages
• C
• Perl
• Software Used
• VAPS
• MS Visual Studio
• Perforce
• Araxis Merge
• SalesLogix
• Logiscope

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Learning Professional Perspective

• Self-teaching
• Working with others
• Deadlines

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Learning Personal Perspective

• Perseverance
• Sharing ideas
• Ethics
• Future plans

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All work and no play
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Sources

• Information on Company, Products and Demos
• www.engenuitytech.com
• Information of DO-178b
• http//www.sandroid.org/birdsproject/4dummies.htm
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• http//www.smartworks.us/htm/validation.htm