Addressing Aircraft System Development Disconnects
- Monday, 24 February 2014
- Mentor Graphics
System design is, by nature, a process of decomposition, starting from specifications and resulting in a detailed, multi-discipline design. Systems failures are often the result of disconnects in the process. However, gaps can be closed by moving to model-driven development in a structured, requirements-driven process. By applying a seamless, concurrent development process, engineers are able to move validation and verification earlier into the design cycle, when changes can have positive impacts and real improvements can be made.
This presentation demonstrates a top-down, multi-discipline, concurrent design methodology that provides a structure for managing system complexity and ensuring design success. Models from different domains are integrated at each phase of the design flow, allowing system integration issues to be identified and addressed earlier, and helping to reduce overall program time and costs.
Director of System Modeling & Analysis
Darrell Teegarden is the Director of the System Modeling & Analysis Business Unit, within the System Level Engineering Division at Mentor Graphics where he manages system modeling and analysis-related tool development. He has been involved in the field of modeling and simulation since 1983. His work includes contributions related to hardware description languages, as well as development of models and simulation tools. He is co-author of the book, The System Designer’s Guide to VHDL-AMS: Analog, Mixed-Signal, and Mixed-Technology Modeling.