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RTCA Member Registration |
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A three-day course that focuses on the details of DO-254 concepts, rationale and applications. |
$1,620 |
$1,395 |
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Highly Qualified Instructors
RTCA has contracted with Avionyx, Inc. to provide DO-254 training. Your instructors will be:
- Mr. Randall Fulton, an FAA Consultant DER with 30 years of Electrical Engineering Experience, emphasizing Software and Complex Electronic Hardware. Mr. Fulton earned his FAA Designated Engineering Representative (DER) credentials in software and programmable logic devices (PLD) while working at Boeing in flight controls and flight deck displays. As a DER, Mr. Fulton has had approval authority for PLDs since 1997 and has worked numerous Part 25 (commercial transport) as well as Part 23 (General Aviation) certification programs with field programmable gate arrays (FPGA), application specific integrated circuits (ASIC) and software. He currently works as a Consultant DER through SoftwAir Assurance, Inc.
- Mr. Roy Vandermolen, a Staff Hardware Engineer in the area of Digital Flight Controls, at Moog Aircraft, Salt Lake City. Mr. Vandermolen authored the DO-254/PLD design standards document for Moog Aerospace and currently designs PLDs for use in flight control systems. Previously, he lectured on engineering design at Tennessee State University's College of Engineering and authored their digital design lab textbook. He also taught broadcast engineering at the Princeton Technical Institute, in Knoxville, TN and performed research on high reliability and rad-hard circuits for the nuclear industry at the Oak Ridge National Lab. Mr. Vandermolen has published over 20 technical papers.
These instructors bring a blend of certification and regulatory requirements and practical, real world experience to the classroom. The instructors synthesize the aspects of certification, regulatory background, safety considerations with a blend of engineering know how. The instructors have prepared, reviewed and approved the RTCA/DO-254 documentation for certification programs from simple 3 input devices to custom ASICs for complex aircraft graphics and controls functions.
COURSE SYLLABUS:
Practitioners Course
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RTCA/DO-254 History and Background
- Introduction and Objectives
- History of PLDs in aircraft systems
- History of PLD safety issues and regulations
- Regulatory basis for guidance on use of PLDs in safety critical airplane systems
- Development of RTCA/DO-254
- How systems are approved
- How to work with DERs and FAA regulatory officials
- How to prepare for an audit
- Design Assurance
- How to choose between CPLD and FPGA
- RTCA/DO-254 overview
- Recommendations and engineering best practices
- Hardware Life Cycle Data in Depth
- How to document a simple device
- How to prepare documentation for a complex device
- PHAC example and how to prepare a PHAC
- Hardware Management Plans
- Hardware Development Standards
- Requirements/Design/Implementation
- Verification
- Development lifecycles and how to manage the development process
- Consideration for hardware standards
- Consideration for component and technology selection
- RTCA/DO-254 for Practitioners
- Practical considerations from applicant perspective
- How to plan hardware development
- How to validate and verify devices
- How to address previously developed hardware
- How to assess and document COTS devices
- How to assess a tool for qualification
- How to write device requirements
- In class exercises for PLD design
- How to address Appendix B additional considerations
Contact: Rudy Ruana, email rruana@rtca.org, FAX 202-833-9434, Phone 202-833-9339
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