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Scade

The Standard for the Development of Safety-Critical Embedded Software in Aerospace & Defense, Rail Transportation, Energy and Heavy Equipment Industries

Esterel Technologies SCADE Suite® is a model based development environment dedicated to critical embedded software.

With native integration of the Scade language and its unified formal notation, SCADE Suite is the unique integrated design environment for critical applications spanning requirements management, model-based design, simulation, verification, qualifiable/certified code generation, and interoperability with other development tools and platforms.

What is Unique About SCADE ?

SCADE is being developed specifically to address mission and safety-critical embedded applications.

SCADE is certified/qualified according to following international safety standards:

> DO-178B: qualified up to level A for Military and Aerospace Industries
> IEC 61508: certified at SIL 3 by TÜV for Heavy Equipment, and Energy
> EN 50128: certified at SIL 3/4 by TÜV for Rail Transportation
> IEC 60880: compliant for Nuclear Energy

Increased Productivity and Improved Product Quality

SCADE users report development and verification cost reduction:

> An average of 10 executable LOC developed /day person, including verification activities, versus an average of 5 for manual coding, while reducing the execution time
> Software certification cost reduced by 50 percent
> Coding, review and testing cost reduced by 70 percent to 90 percent
> Software update cycle time shortened by 65 to 75 percent
> Automated model-level testing and coverage analysis
> Elimination of coding errors and low-level testing
> Fast and safe design changes throughout life-cycle and testing cost reduced by 70 percent to 90 percent

SCADE Suite Dramatically Reduces Critical Embedded Software Project Costs