With the introduction of live video in cockpits, the demand for 2-D moving maps, and the imminent possibility for full 3-D synthetic vision sometime in the future, a comprehensive plan for avionics testing is more critical than ever.
“By using Presagis products, 4 man-years of effort were expended in completing a task that would have taken 40 man-years of effort using the previous development approach.”
Mike Prindle, Senior Engineering Specialist of ITAP
Boeing
Challenges & Trends
Developers require a way very early in the process to validate prototypes and designs in a realistic cockpit environment. An iterative design process is needed so that design issues identified later in the project stage can be easily implemented into the production version of the software.
The Solution
Presagis provides Human-Machine Interface (HMI) software tools necessary for the creation of actual cockpit display graphics and applications. Early prototypes may be easily shared with colleagues and stakeholders and, using graphical interface development tools with automatic code generation, changes late in a project can be easily implemented without hand re-coding. Automatic code generators are available for both Windows and a wide variety of embedded targets, such as the GE Fanuc Magic1. With Presagis software it is possible to develop entire 3-D environments with 3-D visualization, entities and advanced behaviors to test the new HMI in a virtual setting.
