Validated Software Corporation

Embedded Software Validation Solutions for Safety-Critical Certification

Supported Standards: RTCA DO-178B / DO-278 EUROCAE ED-12C / ED-109A ▪  FDA/CDRH 510(k) ▪ IEC 62304 ▪ IEC 60601 ▪  ISO-14971 ▪ IEC  61508 ▪ UL 1998 ▪ IEC 62279 ▪ EN50128 ▪ 49CFR236  ▪  and More!

Validated Software Corporation (VSC) provides Validation Suites, Kits, Templates, testing, development, consulting, training and mentoring services for safety-critical product manufacturers seeking certification.  Whether you are new or experienced in the vagaries of safety-critical development, Validated Software has a solution for you.

VSC has off-the-shelf solutions for products based on the uC/OS and ThreadX RTOSs and custom or semi-custom solutions for products of any size using any RTOS or no RTOS.

Our certification targeted off-the-shelf Validation Suites contain 100% of the certification evidence necessary to prove the RTOS and its components are compliant with any of the dominant international safety critical software development standards used around the globe. Custom Validation Suites can provide the same evidence for any aspect of your product or application.

Timely – VSC’s RTOS certification, verification and validation products are available tested on your hardware, 100% complete, and ready to submit to the regulatory or certification body of your choice. Saving dozen’s of man-months the typical “Validation Suite™” can deliver a complete solutions in 60 days of less. For those that “Need it Now!” or prefer to generate the final RTOS certification evidence in their own facility. Our RTOS based safety-critical kits or “Validation Kits™” are available in kit form and ready to ship immediately.

Reliable – VSC has been providing RTOS based safety-critical software certification solutions for over a decade. Whether it is an Avionics Validation Suite, a Medical Validation Kit, or a suite or kit for transportation or to meet your industrial certification needs, both the set of market specific Validation Suites and set of Validation Kits share a 100% success rate when it comes to satisfying the demanding requirements set forth in the standards.

Affordable – VSC keeps its overhead low in order to give you the best price possible. Unlike vendors that have sales and marketing costs that exceed 30% of their revenue, VSC depends on customer satisfaction and word of mouth so that VSC can “afford to be affordable.” VSC provides flexible and low risk licensing that encourage multiproduct development, standardization and software reuse. Just ask if you want to know more about VSC’s win-win approach safety critical RTOS certification.

Who said, “Timely, Reliable, or Affordable, Pick two, you can’t have all three.” With VSC, you can!

Validate offers three tiers of certification and standards support


Validation Suites™ are part COTS and part custom – delivered 100% complete, submission ready and running on your target hardware – ready in weeks, not months.  

Validation Kits™ are RTOS, middleware, market, and standard ready. For those who prefer to test at their own facility, Validation Kits provide everything needed to certify the core aspects of the RTOS component.  
Validation Templates™ are for those new to the certification process looking to implement a proven, practical, and affordable approach to device certification – get it right the first time!

 

With support, for the most popular RTOSes on the market – VSC’s no-nonsense and practical approach to software certification and validation will:

  • Save you money
  • Reduce your time to market
  • Reduce your time to money
  • Mitigate your risk

 

VSC's Validation Training for Novices and Experts

Validation Training™ focuses on the unique needs of your organization. VSC’s no-nonsense classes are based on our practices and institutional wisdom gathered and proven over many years.

Supported Processors and Toolsets

  • ARM7, ARM9, ARM11
  • ARM Cortex - A, R, M cores
  • Coldfire v1, v2, v3, v4
  • PPC/MPC
  • X86 Protected Mode
  • Analog Devices Blackfin
  • TI DSPs
  • AVR32
  • Renesas R32/M16
  • Most other 32-bit architectures

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  • ARM ADS, RVDS
  • GNU, GCC
  • IAR Embedded Workbench
  • Visual Studio
  • TI Code Composer
  • Paradigm
  • GHS Multi
  • Wind River Compiler
  • Renesas, IAR, GNU
  • Keil uVision
  • Most common compilers

 

Professional Services

Testing and Strategies

Development

  • Verification independence
  • Test planning & strategy
  • Goals, schedules, plan
  • Risk assessment & mitigation
  • Metrics & measurement
  • Post mortem reporting
  • Test design & creation
  • Unit/White box
  • Code coverage
  • Structural analysis
  • Integration/Black box
  • Final acceptance
  • Testing Scope
  • Application software
  • Drivers & firmware
  • Complete device
  • Tool qualification
  • Plans & testing
  • Compiler
  • "C" lib validation
  • Application software
  • Board bring up firmware
  • Driver development
  • Custom porting
  • Deeply embedded safety-critical

Software Certification Markets

VSC Avionics - RTCA DO-178B / DO 278
VSC Rail & Transportation - CENELEC EN50128 IEC 61508
VSC embedded medical - FDA/CDRH 510(k)
VSC Industrial - IEC 61508:2010

Latest News

Carlsbad, California, April 2013,
Validated Software Corporation (VSC), the leader in affordable safety-critical software certification solutions for Micrium’s µC/OS-II and µC/TimeSpaceOS real-time and embedded operating systems (RTOS), today announced the availability of the µC/OS-II Avionics Validation Suite for Freescale’s MPC5121e. » read more

 

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