Solutions for Aerospace Electronic Networking

The importance ascribed to aerospace electronics and software has changed fundamentally. The networking of line-replaceable units (LRUs) is integral to aerospace electronics. Initially, just a few line-replaceable units were used in aircraft, but innovations were soon increasingly based on electronics, and predominated by a share of functionality residing in software and functional integration. This rising complexity means that extensive, reproducible and effective tests are more important than ever in all phases of LRU and system development.

Vector is simplifying these complexity for developers and test engineers with its solutions for aerospace electronic networking. The focus here is on tools for E/E architecture, monitoring and analyzing the bus communication and on system as well as software testing tools.

Application Areas

Vector provides aircraft manufacturer and suppliers with a professional and open development platform of tools for the development and test of embedded systems. Four fields of application are in particular focus:

Software Testing
Automating DO178C and DO330 compliant testing activities across the software development lifecycle of avionics systems.
System Testing
Realizing development accompanying SIL simulations and HIL tests with parallel access to bus systems (e.g. CAN/ARINC 825, ARINC 429, Ethernet) and I/Os (analog and digital).
Field Testing
Mobile testing, failure searching and analyzing of LRUs and subsystems on protocol and physical layer.
Network Analysis & Stimulation
Easy observation, analysis and logging of bus data as well as stimulation and supplementing of avonic data bus communication.

Software Testing

VectorCAST

Automate Testing Across the Software Development Lifecycle

The VectorCAST embedded software testing platform is a family of products that automates testing activities across the software development lifecycle.

Application Areas:

System Testing

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CANoe vTESTstudio VT System

Development, Network Analysis and Test for CAN, AFDX® & ARINC 429

CANoe is the comprehensive software tool for development, test and analysis of entire networks and individual LRUs. It supports you throughout the entire development process. Its versatile functions optimizes troubleshooting, communication analysis, stimulation of bus communication, manual as well as automated testing.

CANoe Options for Aerospace:

_(AFDX®_{is an Airbus registered trademark)}

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Comfortable Design of Automated Test Sequences for Embedded Systems

vTESTstudio is a powerful development environment for creating automated LRU tests. In order to increase the efficiency in terms of test design and to simplify the reusability it provides either programming-based as well as table-based, graphical test notations and test development methods.

vTESTstudio can be employed in all product development phases: from model testing right through to system validation. Thanks to the use of open interfaces vTESTstudio can be simply incorporated into existing tool landscapes.

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Modular Test Hardware

To test LRUs thoroughly, it is not only necessary to connect the communication networks to the test system, it is also necessary to connect the I/O interfaces.

This task is handled by the Vector VT System. It simplifies the setup of test benches and HIL test systems immensely, because it integrates all circuit components needed to connect an I/O channel in one module. Examples of I/O channels are an LRU's output for controlling a reading light or input for connecting a liquid level sensor.

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Field Testing

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Network Interfaces VH6501 Oscilloscope Hardware

Network Interfaces for CAN (ARINC 825), ARINC 429, AFDX® and Ethernet

Software tools used to develop, simulate, test and maintain distributed systems require powerful and flexible hardware interfaces solutions.

Vector offers you interfaces for CAN and Ethernet as well as driver software and programming interfaces for use with Vector software tools and in customer-specific solutions.

Bus System	Interface	PC Connection
CAN (ARINC 825)	VN1530/VN1531	PCIe
	VN1600	USB
	VN8900	USB (RT PC) or Ethernet
AFDX^®/Ethernet and CAN:	VN5610	USB
ARINC 429 (Avionic Systems)	VN0601	USB

More information about Logging, Measurement & Control, Testing and Analysis...

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Precise and Reproducible Disturbances of CAN (FD) Networks

VH6501 is a flexible yet compact CAN (FD) disturbance hardware and a network interface for CANoe combined in one device.

In particular, the combination of disturbance hardware and network interface allows very simple test setups for CAN (FD) conformance tests without an additional network interface or a special cable.

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CANoe Options for Measurement

The option .Scope is an integrated oscilloscope solution for CANoe based on an USB oscilloscope hardware. The supported hardware has up to 4 input channels for 2 CAN (FD) or 4 LIN/IO and is triggered using the sync line of Vector´s interface hardware. With bus specific trigger conditions and the CANoe time synchronization, you can find the cause of protocol errors much faster than with any traditional oscilloscope.

Oscilloscope Hardware :

USB 3.0 oscilloscope PicoScope 5444D-034
512 MS scope buffer
1 GS/s maximum sampling rate (1 channel)
500 MS/s sampling rate for 2 channels (e.g. CAN_H, CAN_L)
4 input channels for bus signals (2 CAN/CAN FD/FlexRay or 4 LIN/IO)
Bus connection via Vector „Scope Bus Probe“ with D-Sub connector
1 input for external triggering via sync line of Vector interfaces
Connection to Vector interfaces via Scope Trigger Cable

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Network Analysis & Stimulation

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CANalyzer Bus Systems and Protocols

Comprehensive Network Analysis and Stimulation for CAN, AFDX® & ARINC 429

CANalyzer is the comprehensive software tool with intuitive operation for analysis and stimulation of bus communication. Use CANalyzer to check whether and what type of communication is occurring on the bus. It can also be used to send or log data. For every application it offers powerful basic functions for beginners as well as extensive detailed functions for experienced users.

CANalyzer Options for Aerospace:

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