IBM Rational Test RealTime overview
Systems development includes (but is not limited to) embedded, real-time and/or technical systems development. And this type of software is often performed in conjunction with the larger scope of a systems engineering activity. Rational Test RealTime is a cross-platform solution designed specifically for developers creating software applications for products of embedded (for example, mobile phone, medical device, handheld global positioning system, and so on), real-time (for example, aerospace, automotive or telecommunications control system), and other technical systems applications for example, simulated research computation and advanced grid computing systems).
- Ever increasing quality and time to market constraints.
- Growing complexity, size and number of software-based equipment.
- Lack of skilled resources despite need for productivity gains
- Increasing interconnections of critical and complex embedded systems.
- Proliferation of quality and certification standards throughout critical software markets, including the avionics, medical, and telecommunications industries.
Target deployment port technology
Target deployment port (TDP) technology is a versatile, low-overhead mechanism that enables target-independent testing and runtime analysis with limitless target support. As a key component of Rational Test RealTime, TDP technology allows your tests be run directly on your target embedded hardware.
Each TDP is customized to accommodate your compiler, linker, debugger, and target architecture. Tests are independent of the TDP, so that the tests don't change when your environment changes. For example, you can run the same tests and code on the embedded hardware or on your local computer by switching the TDP and rebuilding the project.
Target deployment ports are designed to strongly reduce the data communication and runtime overhead that can affect your embedded systems when tested, while being versatile enough to adapt to any cross-development environment (RTOS, compiler, debugger, target communication) within a very short time.
DO-178B/C Qualification Kit
All Rational Test RealTime customers have access to the Rational Test RealTime DO-178B/C Qualification Kit, which can be submitted with your other project artifacts to meet DO-178B/C compliance requirements. The Qualification Kit covers unit testing for C and Ada languages, coverage for C and Ada languages and code review for C language (MISRA 2004).
For more information about DO-178bB/C support, contact IBM Rational® Customer Support via this link: http://www.ibm.com/software/rational/support/.