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“RTCA DO254 - Guidance document for the development of hardware components for airborne equipment – requires the functional behavior of FPGAs to be silicon proven on the final application hardware:
§6.3.1: “When it is not feasible to verify specific requirements by exercising the hardware item in its intended operational environment, other verification means should be provided and justified.”
Furthermore the guidance requests evidence of the FPGA functional requirements coverage – as explicitly mentioned in FAA Order 208110.105 §6.2d:
“We support RTCA/DO-254 when we require applicants to measure and record the verification coverage of the requirements achieved by test on the component itself in its operational environment.”
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