Unit & System Testing with VectorCAST

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QA·C QA·C++ QA·J MIS STRUCTURE101 VECTORCAST

VectorCAST Automated Testing

Automate testing and remove the cost in writing throw-away code.

Rigorous testing is more than just good development practice it is a critical part of the software certification process.

With testing being one of first items sacrificed in the quest to deliver on time and under budget, embedded software testing has been a tedious and labor intensive process.

The VectorCAST products scan your Ada, C and C++ source code and automatically generate the test code necessary to construct executable test harnesses for both host and embedded environments.

With the VectorCAST test system your component simulation model is always up-to-date. It only takes minutes to construct the test environments that are required to isolate individual software components. Utilities are also provided to construct and execute test cases and generate the reports necessary to provide an audit trail of expected and actual results.

BENEFITS

FEATURES

TECHNICAL SPECS

PLATFORMS

INTEGRATIONS

Eliminates need to build test drivers and stubs
Integrated code-coverage capabilities, including MC/DC
Supports host, simulator, or embedded target testing
Automates regression testing
Supports DO-178, MISRA, ISO 26262, IEC 61508, FDA/IEC 62304, and CENELEC test requirements
Identifies redundant test cases and untested code
Allows measurement of current testing coverage and effectiveness

Supports coverage on source files of different languages in the same executable
Centralized management of all VectorCAST testing activities
Accurate and immediate reporting of testing status
Easy identification of testing trends and regressions
Daily summary status of project wide test metrics

Automatic test environment creation
Automatic test case generation
Test execution playback
Test / Code coverage analysis
Test exceution management
Automated regression testing
Host and target testing
Requirement validation

Automatically generates and compiles test stubs
and driver programs
Automatically generates min-mid-max test cases
and basis path analysis test cases
Custom test case generation using graphical
point-and-click & intuitive scripting interface
Allows for completely automatic and managed regression testing
Provides graphical statement, branch and MC/DC code coverage

Allows test execution on host, simulator and
embedded target systems
Supports Ada and C/C++
Enables automated testing for DO-178 up to level A
Provides tool qualification deliverable for DO-178
Coverage instrumentation can be optimized for size or speed
Coverage data can be buffered in memory or dumped in real time

Operating System	Version	Releases
Windows (x86)	2000 (1)
	XP
	Vista (2)
	7 (2)
Solaris (sparc)	2.5.1+
Linux (x86)	RedHat
	SuSE
	Debian
	Mandrake
	Fedora
IBM AIX (sparc)	5.3+

See full list of supported compilers and chip configurations for target based testing.

GLOSSARY & NOTES (January 2010)
Supported product/platform combination.
- Unsupported product/platform combination.
(1) Microsoft has announced end-of-support-life of Windows 2000 for March 2010.
(2) Vista & Windows 7 are supported for Business & Professional versions only. There are some limitations in installation and Help System support.
General:
All OS versions are supported at the highest production-released patch version.
All releases operate in 32-bit mode on 64-bit OS versions.

Integrated with most major compilers, target boards, and RTOS's (see here for full listing)
Integrated with PRQA static anlaysis solutions QA·C & QA·C++
Integrated with commercial requirements tracking tools to correlate requirements and test cases

"VectorCAST ... is the backbone of our unit test and software integration lab."

Honeywell International

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