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A HARDWARE PROTOTYPE FOR INTEGRATION, TEST AND VALIDATION OF AVIONIC NETWORKS Jose-Philippe Tremblayl, Yvon Savaria1, Claude Thibeault2, Safwen Bouanen2

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Guchuan Z hu1

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1. Ecole Poly technique de Montreal ,

2. Ecole de Technologie Superieure 1

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1. Introduction

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Network architecture

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Global approach

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Implementation details

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Prototype validation

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Conclusion

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) Current trends in the avionics domain

-Ever increasing number of functions -Information flow increase -Stringent reliability requirements -Diversity in the transducers market -Migration to IMA architecture

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) Main issues in transducer's integration -Different types of transducers -Different communication protocols -Significant design effort -Very costly and time consuming

) Solution -Systematic design approach -Normalized interfaces -Prototyping flexibility 4

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) IEEE Standard for a Smart Transducer Interface for Sensors and Actuators ) Adoption Advantages -Increased compatibility -Reduced design effort -Reduced effort for installation, update, replacement or movement

) Considered but not yet adopted by the avionics domain 5

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TolFrom u ser Network Network Spe,cific

Transducer

Communication Module

Transduc,er Analog Transducer Interface Module

Gateway

Interfac,e Service Module

Capable TEDS

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Application

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Proc,essor

Communication

Communication

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Main objective

- Proposition of a systematic approach to validate

Requirements Definition

new technological choices and their integration under important constraints )

Particular consideration for a compatibility with any certification process such as DO-254/DO-178

- Compatible with current an future design - Supports new verification constructs - Tests should be easy to create, maintain and alter 8

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Architecture Optimization ,,. Hardware Implementation ,,.

Test Cases Generation 'If

Prototype Validation

) Requirements definition - Mod eled on trad itional avionics requirements

) Architecture optimization -Generation of a configuration matching the specified requirements Requirement

Constraint

Failure Rate

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Determinism

Fully Deterministic

Frame's Latency

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