DO-254 ASIC and FPGA design services
Quality, safety, cost and time-to-market through experience 
DO-254 design services
Barco Silex, established a solid reputation in the development of DO-254 certifiable HW design. Numerous FPGAs and ASICs have been designed for different "Design Assurance Levels" from DAL-D till DAL-A. Those FPGAs and ASICs are used in equipment that are ETSO and TSO certified.
Starting from your upper level requirements (board requirements), we provide all services needed to create the necessary hardware design life cycle data according to a DO-254 requirement process.
Thanks to our broad suite of development and verification tools as well as our long-standing expertise and strong relationships with ASIC and FPGA providers, our services are valued by industry leading professionals worldwide.
DO-254 competences
We developed specific plans (HPAP, HCMP, HDP, HVVP and PHAC) for FPGA and ASIC design. All documents and their content, generated during the design life cycle process, are defined by means of templates.
Tool certification effort is limited by using different types of tools from numerous EDA vendors. Validation and verification is maximally performed at component (ASIC or FPGA) level.
Quality assurance is guaranteed by independency of reviews, audits and processes.
DO-254 application domains
Currently, DO-254 is mainly used in the civil aeronautics market. However, since this recommendation targets quality and safety aspects of a hardware design life cycle process, our expertise is strongly appreciated by other markets where safety or quality (and maintainability) is mandatory:
- Medical
- Automotive
- Aerospace
- Railroad
DO-254 process
Planning process
Define the means by which functional and airworthiness requirements are converted into hardware items with acceptable amount of evidence of assurance that the item will safely perform its intended functions.
Development Process
- Requirements Capture Process + traceability
- Conceptual Design Process
- Detailed Design Process
- Implementation
- Production Transition
Verification & Validation Process
- Provide assurance that the hardware requirements are correct and complete with regards to upper level requirements
- Provides assurance that the FPGA implementation meets all of the higher level hardware requirements
Configuration Management Process
- Configuration items are uniquely identified and documented
- Consistent and accurate replication of configuration items
- Controlled method of identifying and tracking modification to configuration items
Process Assurance
- Ensure that life cycle process objectives are met and activities have been completed as outlined in plans or that deviations have been addressed
