SCADE System enables the definition of the system architecture. Relying on this architecture breakdown, SCADE System facilitates the allocation of system requirements to the software item from which the software requirements are established.

To verify the correctness of the software requirements, it is then valuable to rapidly simulate their operations using the SCADE Test Rapid Prototyper.

As far as architecture, interfaces and other systems engineering decisions are concerned, there is a preoccupation to avoid error-prone rewriting when the software design starts. The capabilities of SCADE Suite to import architecture and interfaces data from SCADE System and import pieces of algorithms from Simulink / Stateflow® support this preoccupation.

It is recommended to establish modeling metrics at this stage and verify that the upcoming design will be compatible with the hardware target, including processor and cross-compiler. SCADE Suite Compiler Verification Kit (CVK) and the SCADE LifeCycle Dashboard perform these activities.

While SCADE Suite simulation helps debugging the behavior of a model, SCADE Suite Timing and Stack Optimizer (TSO) helps controlling where execution time is spent and SCADE Suite Design Verifier helps formally checking that essential properties of the model are reached in any case.

The scripting capability of SCADE Suite allows to continuously check that design rules are followed during the Software design phase.

The SCADE Model-Based approach enhances best practices to develop tests concurrently to the design modeling.

Why? Because, with the SCADE Suite Simulator and the SCADE Test Environment, the test engineers are able to write and debug simulation cases that will automatically operate afterwards as test cases, once the application code and hardware target are available. The tester knows he has accomplished this test preparation when the SCADE Suite Model Test Coverage (MTC) gives a 100% score.

SCADE Suite Code Generator is qualified. It means that, even for the highest levels of safety (e.g. Level A for DO-178C, SIL 4 for EN 50128 …), it is NOT required to perform low-level testing of the code, only requirements-based tests is required.

Evidence of qualification are included in the Certification Kit that the SCADE Suite user’s certification authority will claim.

In addition, for DO-178C certification, Esterel Technologies provides a set of user's c Certification plans, tailored to the use of SCADE Suite and customizable to user’s application.

The SCADE Test Environment allows the use of multiple target test tools, such as, LDRA TestBed, IBM RTRT, VectorCAST…

The SCADE Test Environment and SCADE Suite Model test Coverage (MTC) generate reports that approve the verification of the software.

An efficient way to control the Integration phase is to start with virtual integration. SCADE Suite can generate Functional Mock-Up Units (FMU) for ANSYS Simplorer® that is used to model a plant simulating the environment of the software application with a realistic behavior.

For the same purpose, SCADE Suite provides as well a Gateway with NI LabVIEW™.

The SCADE Test Environment allows the use of multiple target test tools, such as, LDRA TestBed, IBM RTRT, VectorCAST…

The SCADE Test Environment and SCADE Suite Model test Coverage (MTC) generate reports that approve the verification of the software.

An efficient way to control the Integration phase is to start with virtual integration. SCADE Suite can generate Functional Mock-Up Units (FMU) for ANSYS Simplorer® that is used to model a plant simulating the environment of the software application with a realistic behavior.

For the same purpose, SCADE Suite provides as well a Gateway with NI LabVIEW™.

The SCADE Test Environment allows the use of multiple target test tools, such as, LDRA TestBed, IBM RTRT, VectorCAST…

The SCADE Test Environment and SCADE Suite Model test Coverage (MTC) generate reports that approve the verification of the software.

An efficient way to control the Integration phase is to start with virtual integration. SCADE Suite can generate Functional Mock-Up Units (FMU) for ANSYS Simplorer® that is used to model a plant simulating the environment of the software application with a realistic behavior.

For the same purpose, SCADE Suite provides as well a Gateway with NI LabVIEW™.

Successful software development starts with a good engineering of requirements and continues with a perfect monitoring of how well these requirements are fulfilled along the project life cycle.

The SCADE product line provides a unique approach to help establishing a correct and complete set of requirements. The SCADE LifeCycle Requirements Management (RM) Gateway together with the SCADE LifeCycle Dashboard provides means to create, monitor and maintain efficient traceability links between the artifacts produced in the SCADE Suite project, starting with the requirements.

The SCADE LifeCycle Reporter automates the creation of detailed and complete reports on the design and the related code that is always accurate and up-to-date.