DO-254 FPGA Level In-Target Testing
DO-254/CTS™ is a certifiable at-speed FPGA level in-hardware verification environment dedicated to address the stringent guidelines of DO-254 Section 6 Verification Process. It provides a feasible solution such that FPGA level requirements are easily preserved and verified from RTL simulation to hardware testing. DO-254/CTS consists of a fully customized hardware and software package designed to replay RTL simulation during in-hardware verification by reusing the simulation testbenches as test vectors. It provides a single and automated environment to test all FPGA level requirements with full visibility and controllability at the FPGA pin level. The components of DO-254/CTS and their primary tasks are:
Custom Daughter Board
- Customized to target FPGA and DUT
- Contains target FPGA and DUT
- Isolates FPGA for functional test
COTS Mother Board
- Sends test vectors into daughter board and captures the results from daughter board
- PCIe interface to PC
- 2GB DDRII (Expandable)
Compliance Software Package
- Automatic generation of test vectors from simulation testbenches
- Controls in-hardware verification
- Samples FPGA I/Os and writes to waveform file
Top Features
- At-speed testing in target devices
- For use with Altera®, Lattice®, Microsemi® and Xilinx® devices
- Automatic test vector generation
- Single environment to verify all FPGA level requirements
- FPGA I/Os full visibility/controllability
- Automated in-hardware testing
- Hardware testing results visualization with waveform viewer
- Integration with 3rd Party RTL Simulator, Synthesis and P&R Tools
- DO-254 Compliance
