Vector Software offers Certification and Validation Kits for aerospace development under DO-178B, rail application development under EN 50126, industrial and automotive development under IEC 61508 and ISO 26262, and compliance under FDA and IEC 62304.

These kits expedite certification according to these standards by providing all of the required artifacts to demonstrate that the VectorCAST product family has been certified as a development tool under these standards.

Datasheet: VectorCAST for DO-178B/C
Datasheet: VectorCAST for ISO 26262
Datasheet: IEC Certification Kit

DO-178B Qualification

The VectorCAST DO-178B Qualification Kit for DO-178B contains tool qualification documentation, test cases, and procedures that let you qualify VectorCAST tools on projects based on the DO-178B standard. The kit contains tool qualification plans, tool operational requirements, and additional materials required for qualifying software verification tools. With the kit, development organizations can streamline certification of their embedded systems developed using VectorCAST.

IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 Certification

The VectorCAST IEC Certification Kit for IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 provides documentation, certificates, and templates that help you use VectorCAST on projects based on the IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 standards. The kit includes certificates and reports from certification authority TÜV SÜD that are based on documented, application-specific verification workflows. The VectorCAST IEC Certification Kit offers organizations the required evidence to demonstrate compliance with IEC 61508 and ISO 26262.

FDA and IEC 62304 Compliance

The VectorCAST Medical Device Software Compliance Kit for FDA and IEC 62304 includes all necessary documentation for validating embedded software components used on all classes of medical devices. The kit includes test procedures, plans, coverage and test case reports necessary for Intended Use Validation, and to demonstrate due diligence with FDA and IEC 62304 software quality requirements.

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Jeff Chen, Vice President, Trinity Technologies

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Fábio Assis, Director, XMobots Robotic Systems

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Vladimir Baburov, Director, VNIIRA-Navigator

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Uri Farkash, Director of EDA Operations, Advanced Semiconductor Technologies

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Sven Natus, Manager of Software Development, Fujitsu Semiconductor Europe

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