Acronym · Embedded Software & Tools
SIL (Software-in-the-Loop)
Testing in which the production source code is compiled for the host PC and run against a simulated plant model, with no target hardware present. It gives fast, parallelisable regression runs at the cost of hiding target-specific behaviour.
- Also known as
- SiL, Software in the loop
- Type
- Acronym
- Domain
- Embedded Software & Tools, Simulation and validation
- Also relevant to
- Safety & Security
Notes
Do not confuse with Safety Integrity Level from IEC 61508, which shares the abbreviation and appears in the same documents.
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