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DO-254 (Design Assurance Guidance for Airborne Electronic Hardware)
The avionics guidance governing development of complex airborne hardware such as FPGAs and ASICs, requiring planning, requirements traceability, verification and, at the highest design assurance levels, elemental analysis or independent assessment.
- Also known as
- RTCA DO-254, EUROCAE ED-80
- Type
- Standard
- Domain
- Safety & Security, Safety standards
Notes
Design assurance levels run A to E, with level A applied to hardware whose failure would be catastrophic.
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