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Embedded Graphics developers depend on both in-house and commercial-off-the-shelf (COTS) tools. While both offer significant advantages throughout the development process, many resulting custom in-house solutions only support a narrow set of embedded platforms, do not meet the performance requirements for some embedded configurations, and may make it difficult to upgrade hardware in future. In addition, if prototyping and deployment groups developing an application using in-house tools are not perfectly aligned, it may not be possible to re-use the work done in the prototyping phase, resulting in the need to completely re-write the application code. To overcome these restrictions, engineers can invest in tools that support a vendor-agnostic C++ Port Kit.

This white paper explains the benefits of the Model-Based Design (MBD) approach and Object-Oriented Technology (OOT) that DO-178C provides. It also specifically focuses on the usage of Models and COTS Qualifiable tools that automate or facilitate the verification and validation of avionics applications constructed from Models in order to ensure that there is no unintended function. Software running in Aircraft cockpits has dramatically increased in complexity since DO-178B's revision in 1992. Furthermore, over the past 20 years, software development methods have made significant leaps forward and DO-178B has begun to show its age with respect to the new technology introduced to facilitate software development. This year the newly revamped DO-178C standard sets the certification process record straight by embracing modern technology.