WEBINAR ON-DEMAND
Overcoming the Challenges of Meeting CAST-32A Objectives for Avionics Software

Creating a multicore platform for safety critical avionics is the next major step avionics manufactures must take in order to bring new innovations to market. Years of study have been invested by certification authorities and industry suppliers to identify the additional objectives (or requirements) to be addressed when employing multicore processors in safety critical systems.

Formalized positions of these efforts are the FAA CAST-32A Positioning Paper, and EASA’s multicore Certification Review Item (CRI). The crux of these papers (regarding software) focuses on bounding and controlling the interference patterns that exists when processor cores share resources. These CAST-32A objectives have forced system developers to move from legacy RTOSs and onto more capable software environments geared for such requirements.

This webinar, with industry experts from DDC-I and LDRA, will present solutions that address CAST-32A concerns utilizing features such as cache partitioning, memory pooling and safe scheduling. These features enable the user to configure the memory architecture to minimize cache thrashing and schedule applications across all cores such that conflicts over shared resources are minimized. Additionally, tool suite features manage compliance with CAST-32A objectives, and perform test case timing analysis and code coverage aggregation. The result is a huge help for safety critical avionics developers. By using these solutions, the cost, time and risk of meeting CAST-32A objectives is significantly reduced.

Speakers

Gary Gilliland - Technical Marketing Manager, DDC-I Inc.

Gary Gilliland is a Technical Marketing Manager at DDC-I, where he is responsible for technical marketing functions with an emphasis on the DO-178C safety-critical Deos real-time operating system. He has over 20 years of experience in development and marketing of hardware and software solutions for embedded systems. He has extensive experience with military and commercial avionics and real-time operating systems. Gary is a graduate of the University of Texas at Arlington, where he earned a degree in Electrical Engineering.

Jay Thomas - Director Field Engineering for LDRA

Jay Thomas is Director, Field Engineering for LDRA Technology and has worked on embedded controls simulation, processor simulation, mission- and safety-critical flight software, and communications applications in the aerospace industry. His focus on embedded verification implementation ensures that LDRA clients in aerospace, medical, and industrial sectors are well grounded in safety-, mission-, and security-critical processes.

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