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System Validation & Compliance

Testing the whole product against its requirements, and running the compliance tests its market needs, such as electromagnetic compatibility and safety.

Where this stage sits

This stage with its neighbours. Each row is a discipline active here, shaded by how mature its work is by the end of each stage.

Stage

^A07 Board Bring-up & Integration

^A08 System Validation & ComplianceYou are here

^A09 Production & Field Updates

Product milestones

PRProduction release LTBLast-time buy

FPGA design milestones

TCTiming closure and bitstream BIHardware and software integrated SVSystem validated

FPGA logic design^DAAAO

Freeze

FPGA verification^DA

1.0

Implementation and timing closure^AA

Freeze

Board design^AA

Freeze

Embedded software and drivers^DA

1.0^D

Freeze

Board bring-up and debug^A

1.0^A

System validation and compliance^A

0.8

1.0^A

Configuration security^A

0.8

1.0

^AA

Production and supply^A

0.8

1.0

Product management^AO

0.8

1.0

Key0.0Planned0.3Early draft0.5Draft0.8Feature complete1.0CompleteFreezeFrozenFaded block: still at the step shown before it, Held below Complete or Maintained under change control once complete or frozenFreeze or sign-off pointMilestone for one item; the rest of the work carries onMilestone gateYou are here: System Validation & ComplianceAI impactDisruption (red)Augmentation (blue)Opportunity (green)How AI is changing the workWhat the steps mean What the codes mean

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Stages

Board Bring-up & Integration^A
System Validation & Compliance (this stage)^A
Production & Field Updates^A

Product milestones

FPGA design milestones

Disciplines

FPGA logic design^DAAAO
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity Freeze, Frozen. Source frozen for the bitstream build; fixes, such as those found on the board, go through change control.
FPGA verification^DA
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 1.0, Complete. Results: coverage goals met, clock domain crossing checks clean or waived, and open bugs fixed or waived; every later fix is regressed.
Implementation and timing closure^AA
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity Freeze, Frozen. Bitstream released for system validation; rebuilds only through change control.
Board design^AA
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity Freeze, Frozen. Board revision frozen for bring-up and validation; changes need a new revision under change control.
Embedded software and drivers^DA
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 1.0, Complete. Board support package and drivers working on the product board with the bitstream.^D
- System Validation & Compliance: maturity Freeze, Frozen. Software release locked with the validated system; field updates go through change control.
- Production & Field Updates: maturity Freeze, Frozen. Software release locked with the validated system; field updates go through change control.
Board bring-up and debug^A
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 1.0, Complete. Bitstream running on the product board with its drivers and board support package; main functions work end to end and open issues have owners.^A
System validation and compliance^A
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. System test plan final; first system tests and compliance pre-scans run on the integrated product.
- System Validation & Compliance: maturity 1.0, Complete. System tests and compliance tests passed, with results reviewed and known issues documented; repeated where field updates need it.^A
- Production & Field Updates: maturity 1.0, Complete. System tests and compliance tests passed, with results reviewed and known issues documented; repeated where field updates need it.
Configuration security^A
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Encryption and authentication settings in the bitstream build; secure configuration and the update route tried on the board.
- System Validation & Compliance: maturity 1.0, Complete. Security tests passed in system validation; key provisioning and the field update policy ready, and released with production.
- Production & Field Updates: maturity 1.0, Complete. Security tests passed in system validation; key provisioning and the field update policy ready, and released with production.^AA
Production and supply^A
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Manufacturing test plan drafted and production programming tried on the bring-up boards.
- System Validation & Compliance: maturity 1.0, Complete. Production programming and test proven on a pilot build and released with the approved component list; component obsolescence watched from then on.
- Production & Field Updates: maturity 1.0, Complete. Production programming and test proven on a pilot build and released with the approved component list; component obsolescence watched from then on.^A
Product management^AO
- Board Bring-up & Integration: maturity 0.8, Feature complete. Launch, support and field update plans drafted against the timing-clean bitstream and the bring-up results.
- System Validation & Compliance: maturity 1.0, Complete. Release readiness reviewed against the validation and compliance results; the product is released and supported through its life.
- Production & Field Updates: maturity 1.0, Complete. Release readiness reviewed against the validation and compliance results; the product is released and supported through its life.

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