Achieving Quality and Traceability in FPGA/ASIC Flows for DO-254 Aviation Projects

ABSTRACT

With the recent FAA/EASA mandate, companies providing flight hardware for commercial aviation systems now must build their complex electronic hardware components (i.e., ASIC/FPGA) to the standard known as DO-254. Focusing on design assurance (including quality, traceability, and strict configuration management), the DO-254 standard can have a profound impact on a company's development processes and design flows.

This paper discusses the application of advanced methodologies and integrated tool flows for ASIC/FPGA design and verification, showing how to implement a high quality flow that provides the required assurance while maintaining cost and schedules.