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10 Views 0 Comments	DO178C Changes To Core Body: MCDC, Requirement Detail, and Traceability, by Vance Hilderman Everyone knows that DO-178C adds significantly useful information and clarification regarding ... 08-31-2010 by Vance Hilderman HighRely
52 Views 0 Comments	Is Structural Coverage itself sufficient for DO-178 compliance? In DO-178, the question of adequate "coverage" often arises. Specifically, if you achieve ... 07-09-2010 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
351 Views 0 Comments	DO-178C: What is DO-178C and what differs with DO-178B? The following is an excerpt from Vance Hilderman's DO-178C whitepaper. DO-178C is a modest ... 11-28-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
192 Views 0 Comments	COMPARISON BETWEEN DO-178B AND ARP4754 DO-178B and ARP4754 provide guidance on the selection of software development assurance leve... 10-24-2009 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
141 Views 0 Comments	FHA AS RELATED TO DEVELOPMENT ASSURANCE LEVEL The FHA identifies and classifies potential failure conditions associated with the various aircraft ... 10-24-2009 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
159 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B and Partitioning: ARINC 653 (IMA Partitioning) Partitioning is a design technique for providing isolation between functionally independent software... 10-24-2009 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
141 Views 0 Comments	Gain Efficiency in Your Reviews !! Here is how Reviews are part of V&V activities in DO-178B/254. We do reviews... 10-24-2009 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
187 Views 0 Comments	DO-178 For Military Applications The following is excerpt... 10-21-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
163 Views 0 Comments	RelyCheck for ensuring first time Compliance and managing a complex program. If you have not heard of or seen RelyCheck (www.relycheck.com) you may be spending a lot of time and... 08-28-2009 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
226 Views 0 Comments	Case Study: DO-178C & DO-254 For A Military Rotorcraft The following is an excerpt from a book chapter contributed by Vance Hilderman of HighRely Incorpo... 08-03-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
259 Views 0 Comments	Traceability for DO-178 The following is an excerpt from Vance Hilderman's &qu... 07-14-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
191 Views 1 Comments	RelyCHECK: First Avionics Development/Certification Project Management & Checklist Certification Tool For years we've been asked "Is there a commercial tool or product available which helps... 07-14-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
255 Views 0 Comments	Whitepaper: DO-178 and DO-254 For Unmanned Aircraft (UAV/UAS: Unmanned Aerial Vehicles & Systems - Certification) The following is a brief excerpt from Vance Hilderman's UAV/UAS via DO-178B & DO-254 ... 07-14-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
390 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Certification Kit One of the most popular questions we receive from our users relates to which documents should be pro... 03-30-2009 by Luc Marcil Presagis
190 Views 0 Comments	RelyTRACE 2.3 is now avaialble HighRely's RelyTRACE Version 2.3 Released: Added Traceability Graphics, Faster Engine, and Updated R... 03-28-2009 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
280 Views 1 Comments	Agile Lean Processes for DO-178 The "Agile" (or "lean") software process movement has gained momentum the past s... 03-06-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
267 Views 0 Comments	Avionics Databus information Not to confuse the items: The term “bus” widely misused to mean “network'. N... 01-23-2009 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
280 Views 0 Comments	Successful Avionics Engineer Attributes You went into engineering because it looked interesting, challenging, productive, and lucrative.&nbs... 01-22-2009 by Dennis Sullivan HighRely, Inc.
644 Views 0 Comments	DO-178 Criticality Levels: Key Differences between Levels A, B, C & D in DO178 DO-178B was largely written by avionics industry personnel who recognized that development costs are... 01-20-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
314 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Tool Qualification: Qualifying Software Tools Under DO178 Tool qualification is required whenever the design ass... 01-20-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
283 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Reverse Engineering DO-178B was written under the premise that avionics software would be custom developed, from the gro... 01-20-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
281 Views 0 Comments	Software Tool Categories on a DO-178B Avionics Software Project Software Tool Definition: A programming tool or software tool is a program or ... 01-20-2009 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
454 Views 1 Comments	DO-178B Dead & Deactivated Code Dead-code and De-activated code are critical issues within Level A, B, and C software under DO-178B.... 01-20-2009 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
296 Views 0 Comments	Merging High and Low Level Requirements in DO-178B Some projects expand HLR (High Level Software Requirements) and merge with LLR... 01-20-2009 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
266 Views 0 Comments	Increasing use of Models as Requirements. Models: Are they high level requirements (HLR) or low level requirements (LLR)? The ... 12-22-2008 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
304 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Project Set-up When approaching a DO-178B based project it is c... 12-22-2008 by Brad DuBois HighRely, Inc.
238 Views 0 Comments	Using Garbage Collection Technique in DO-178B!! For systems using dynamic random access memory (DRAM) there is an issue as to whether that memory is... 12-01-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
217 Views 0 Comments	Impacts of using C++ AGGREGATION on Structural Coverage Aggregation is one of the fundamental building blocks of OOT. It is a mechanism whereby a class is d... 12-01-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
273 Views 0 Comments	DOs & DONTs of using OOT within DO-178B I have opened this subject for those who are interested in using C++ or OOT in gener... 12-01-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
285 Views 2 Comments	Presagis announcement of VAPS XT-178 Just recently, Presagis announced the release of VAPS XT-178, ... 11-14-2008 by Luc Marcil Presagis
327 Views 0 Comments	Certified . . Certifiable . . Qualified . .Compliant !! What are these? Certified: an entire system is Certified, and components may have different certification lev... 08-07-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
410 Views 0 Comments	What are the DO-178B Plans and Artifacts? The Basic "must have" plans are: .O {font-size:149%;} PSAC: P... 08-07-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
330 Views 0 Comments	Advantages and disadvantages to being a contractor Contracting can be extremely rewarding from a financial perspective, although there are other advant... 06-06-2008 by Dennis Sullivan HighRely, Inc.
268 Views 0 Comments	Outsourcing and Consultants in a Slow Economy - An Effective Solution Traditional logic would dictate that when the economy slows, companies should cut their consultant/c... 06-02-2008 by Mike Smith HighRely, Inc.
300 Views 1 Comments	What HighRely can offer you as a contractor HighRely understands the importance of building long lasting relationships with our engineers and ... 05-30-2008 by Dennis Sullivan HighRely, Inc.
398 Views 1 Comments	EADS uses VectorCAST as an integral part of their DO-178B Software Development Environment EADS uses VectorCAST as an integral part of their DO-178B Software Development Environment... 05-30-2008 by Alicia Northup Vector Software Inc.
326 Views 2 Comments	Athena Technologies Chooses VectorCAST for Software Testing Athena Technologies, Inc., located in Warrenton VA, provides advanced hardware, software and contro... 05-30-2008 by Alicia Northup Vector Software Inc.
712 Views 2 Comments	DO-178C Delayed !! RTCA special committees, staffed by government and industry volunteers, develop consensus-based reco... 05-27-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
439 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Data Coupling! Coupling is the degree to which each program module relies on each one of the other modules. Couplin... 05-09-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
388 Views 3 Comments	RelyTRACE 2.0 . . . New Traceability Tool by HighRely No more expensive licensing fees or struggle in setting up your traceability tool. Finally, a real t... 04-01-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
356 Views 0 Comments	Managing Projects Information technology projects run over budget by about 43%, representing more than $17 billion in ... 02-10-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
375 Views 1 Comments	What is MC/DC? The official definition of MCDC, Modified Condition/Decision Coverage) is Every point of entry and e... 02-10-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
1760 Views 0 Comments	What is RTCA/ DO-178B? What is DO178B? What is DO-178B? What is DO/178? What is D0178B? What is DO178? These are all popular terms for the same document: RTCA/DO-178B: Software Considerations in Airborne... 02-10-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
1200 Views 1 Comments	DO-254 Cost versus Benefits Whitepaper Certifying hardware to the RTCA DO-254 avionics standard typically increases development costs by 10... 01-09-2008 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
1299 Views 0 Comments	DO-254 Overview & Process Flow The D0-254 airborne electronic hardware development guidance document is the counterpart to the well... 01-09-2008 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
1845 Views 1 Comments	DO-178B Whitepaper on Overview & Process Flow This HighRely whitepaper “DO-178B Overview and Process Flow” summarizes the key DO178B p... 01-09-2008 by Vance Hilderman HighRely, Inc.
2529 Views 1 Comments	What are the most common DO-178B mistakes and how to prevent them! This HighRely DO-178B whitepaper describes the most common DO178B problems and how to prevent them. ... 01-09-2008 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
1453 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Description & Case Study At HighRely, we train many companies and individuals in the “hands-on” application of DO... 01-09-2008 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
3545 Views 0 Comments	DO-178B Software Development Whitepaper Embedded software development requires great discipline and experience. As technology advances and t... 01-09-2008 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
1502 Views 2 Comments	DO-178B Certification in Military Projects How to apply DO-178B on defense contracts? The U.S. and foreign militaries have adopted D0178B and ... 01-09-2008 by Tony Baghai HighRely, Inc.
1581 Views 1 Comments	DO-178B Tool Qualification Whitepaper Why, when, and how much for DO-178B Tool Qualification? D0178 and D0254 avionics certification stan... 01-09-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.
1290 Views 1 Comments	DO-178B whitepaper on DO-17B Cost & Benefits What are the true DO-178B costs and benefits; a detailed analysis? Certifying software to DO17... 01-09-2008 by Reza Madjidi HighRely, Inc.

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