Fault Tolerant Avionics

Limnaios George
May, 2014
 Fault Tolerant Avionics

Basic Terms and Definitions

Motivation for Fault Tolerance
Design Approaches
Challenges
 Basic Terms and Definitions

AVIONICS = AVIation ElectrONICS

 Basic Terms and Definitions

Fault = error

Failure = Inability to perform as required

Fault Tolerant System = A system guaranteeing

Continuous and safe operation
Motivation
Motivation
Design Approaches
 Design Approaches

Best Practices
V-Cycle
 Design Approaches

Best Practices
Safety System Assessment (Reliability Analysis, FMEA)
Stringent Development Standards (DO-254, DO-178 etc)
Installation Segregation
Dissimilarity
Redundancy
 Design Approaches

Hot Redundancy (Fault Masking)

Soft Redundancy (Reconfiguration)

 Design Approaches

Hybrid Architectures
 Challenges

Avionics Complexity Increases Dramatically

 Challenges

Decentralized Architectures/Embedded Systems

 Challenges

Software Intensive Systems

? Reliability Analysis
? Validation