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What is DO-254 Standard?

DO-254 is a requirements-driven process-oriented safety standard used on commercial electronics that go

into aircraft. (Conceptually speaking, this standard applies to all electronics in anything that flies or could
crash and pose a hazard to the public.

DO-254 (also known as DO254, D0254 and Eurocae ED-80) is a formal avionics standard which provides
guidance for design assurance of airborne electronic hardware. DO-254 provides certification information
from project conception, planning, design, implementation, testing, and validation, including DO-254 Tool
Qualification considerations.

Common “V-Cycle” Design Flow Process

DO-254 Solution
 HDL Simulation
 In-Hardware Simulation with requirements traceability
 Hardware Output Validation
 Independent Tool Qualification

Designing for DO-254 Compliance

System Aspects of Hardware Design Assurance

 Defining system safety processes and system development assurance levels (A,B,C,D,E)
Planning Process
 Development of hardware plans used to control the development of the hardware item
Hardware Design Process
 Requirements capturing, design and implementation of the hardware item
Validation and Verification Process
 Provides assurance that the requirements are correct, complete and hardware item
implementation meets those requirements
Configuration Management
 Focuses on configuration management objectives and activities (configuration
identification, baseline establishment, problem reporting and tracking, change control
etc).

Design Verification for DO-254

DO-254 Templates include:
 PHAC
 HDP
 HVP
 HCMP
 HPAP
 HRS
 HDS
 VVS
 HRD
 HDD
 HTP
 HCI
 HECI
 HAS
Can you apply DO-254 reverse engineering to your existing hardware?

Yes, while DO-254 applies principally to new, custom hardware, there are provisions to apply DO-254
reverse-engineering to previously developed hardware, preserving most of the already completed work.

What is DO-254 Requirements Traceability?

D0254 requirements traceability pertains to the correlation of individual requirements to the design,
implementation, and test elements affiliated with implementing and verifying each requirement.
Requirements traceability can be many-to-one, and one-to-many. Requirements traceability needs to be
from top-to-bottom (requirements to design to implementation, and requirements to test). This proves that
all requirements have corresponding design elements, implementation, and tests. Requirements
traceability also needs to be bottom-to-up (tests to requirements, implementation to design, and design to
requirements). This proves that all implementation, design, and test elements are necessary and have
requirements which they implement or verify. For information on tools from our members for
requirements traceability and templates to fully handle your productivity and tracking needs.

What is a DO-254 Checklist?

Checklists are used to ascertain and track DO-254 compliance. DO-254 checklists are available from public
domain information if you have the time to assemble it, or from private sources;

What is DO-254 Tool Qualification?

DO-254 tool qualification is the process whereby hardware development and verification tools are
evaluated to determine if formal qualification is required. There are two types of qualification: DO-254
development tool qualification and DO-254 verification tool qualification. DO-254 development tools
provide outputs which are actually present in the embedded operational avionics hardware. Such tools
must apply DO-254 hardware lifecycle aspects to ensure integrity. DO-254 verification tools are used to
assist DO-254 verification. Tools which meet these criteria and which automate or replace process steps
cited by DO-254 must be qualified.