Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance

Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance

by Randall Fulton, Roy Vandermolen
Released August 2017
Publisher(s): CRC Press
ISBN: 9781351831420

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Book description

Written by a Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) consultant designated engineering representative (DER) and an electronics hardware design engineer who together taught the DO-254 class at the Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics, Inc. (RTCA) in Washington, District of Columbia, USA, Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance: A Practitioner's Guide to RTCA/DO-254 is a testimony to the lessons learned and wisdom gained from many years of first-hand experience in the design, verification, and approval of airborne electronic hardware.

This practical guide to the use of RTCA/DO-254 in the development of airborne electronic hardware for safety critical airborne applications:

  • Describes how to optimize engineering processes and practices to harmonize with DO-254
  • Addresses the single most problematic aspect of engineering and compliance to DO-254—poorly written requirements
  • Includes a tutorial on how to write requirements that will minimize the cost and effort of electronic design and verification
  • Discusses the common pitfalls encountered by practitioners of DO-254, along with how those pitfalls occur and what can be done about them
  • Settles the ongoing debate and misconceptions about the true definition of a derived requirement
  • Promotes embracing DO-254 as the best means to achieve compliance to it, as well as the best path to high-quality electronic hardware

Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance: A Practitioner's Guide to RTCA/DO-254 offers real-world insight into RTCA/DO-254 and how its objectives can be satisfied. It provides engineers with valuable information that can be applied to any project to make compliance to DO-254 as easy and problem-free as possible.

Table of contents

  1. Cover
  2. Half Title
  3. Title Page
  4. Copyright Page
  5. Table of Contents
  6. Preface
  7. Acknowledgments
  8. Authors
  9. Chapter 1 Introduction to RTCA/DO-254
    1. Design Assurance Level
    2. DO-254 and DO-178B
    3. Overview of DO-254
    4. What Does It Mean to Me?
    5. References
    6. Further Information
  10. Chapter 2 Regulatory Background
    1. Means of Compliance
    2. Guidance Materials
    3. Issue Papers
    4. Orders
    5. References
  11. Chapter 3 Planning
    1. Plan for Hardware Aspects of Certification
    2. Tool Assessment and Qualification
    3. Alternative Methods
    4. Schedule
    5. FAA Order 8110.105 Aspects
    6. Hardware Design Plan
    7. Hardware Validation Plan
    8. Hardware Verification Plan
    9. Hardware Configuration Management Plan
    10. Hardware Process Assurance Plan
    11. Hardware Standards
    12. Validation and Verification Standards
    13. Hardware Archive Standards
    14. Submittals and Coordination
    15. References
  12. Chapter 4 Requirements
    1. Why Use Requirements?
    2. Requirements Author
    3. System Requirements
    4. Types of Requirements for Electronic Hardware
    5. Allocation and Decomposition
    6. Timing and Performance Specifications
    7. Writing Requirements
    8. PLD Requirements
    9. Electronic Hardware Requirements
    10. Requirements Organization
    11. Systems, Hardware, and Software
  13. Chapter 5 Validation
    1. Derived Requirements
    2. Creating Derived Requirements
    3. Validation Methods
  14. Chapter 6 Philosophy 101—Design Assurance Through Design Practice
    1. DATDP
      1. Device Selection
      2. Design Philosophy
      3. Design Execution
  15. Chapter 7 Verification
    1. Functional Failure Path Analysis
    2. Appendix B Additional Verification
    3. Independence
    4. Review
    5. Analysis
    6. Test
    7. Test Case Selection Criteria
    8. Test Cases and Requirements
  16. Chapter 8 Process Assurance
    1. Sampling
    2. Conformity
    3. Audits
    4. Audits of Configuration Management
    5. SOI Audit Dry Run
    6. Inspections
    7. Deviations
    8. Sub-Tier Supplier Oversight
  17. Chapter 9 Configuration Management
    1. Why Configuration Management?
    2. Data Control Categories
    3. Configuration Management Activities
    4. Configuration Identification
    5. Baselines
    6. Baseline Traceability
    7. Problem Reports
    8. Change Control
    9. Release
    10. Retrieval
    11. Data Retention
    12. Protection against Unauthorized Changes
    13. Media Selection, Refreshing, Duplication
    14. References
  18. Chapter 10 Additional Considerations
    1. Previously Developed Hardware
    2. Commercial Off-the-Shelf Components Usage
    3. Product Service Experience
    4. Tool Assessment and Qualification
  19. Chapter 11 Summary
  20. Index

Product information

  • Title: Airborne Electronic Hardware Design Assurance
  • Author(s): Randall Fulton, Roy Vandermolen
  • Release date: August 2017
  • Publisher(s): CRC Press
  • ISBN: 9781351831420