Richard Bellairs

In May 2019, the Defense Innovation Board (DIB) published the Software Acquisition and Practices (SWAP) report. Influenced by those findings, Perforce surveyed more than 300 aerospace and defense software development professionals to better understand the current challenges that they face. The findings of that survey were published in The State of Aerospace and Defense Software Development.

MISRA Compliance:2020 consolidates and clarifies much of the guidance that was previously spread across the MISRA C and C++ coding guideline documents. In the second portion of MISRA Compliance:2020, the document outlines the best practices for enforcing MISRA rules and MISRA guidelines, and how to manage MISRA deviations.

MISRA, the world-leading consortium promoting best practice in developing safety- and security-related electronic systems, recently published MISRA Compliance:2020. The first portion of the document outlines why static analysis tools are essential to MISRA compliance. And, it also outlines what features and functionality a static analysis tool are most beneficial for MISRA compliance.

In recent years there has been an explosion in the number of motorcycle standards and electronic safety systems for motorcycles. From anti-lock brakes to wheelie control, these systems depend on software. If there is a software failure, it may result in hazardous system behavior or a reduction in the effectiveness of the safety system. And ultimately, this can cause serious accidents involving riders and other road users. For that reason, it is important that you understand what are motorcycle standards for functional safety and why MSIL is important.

C++17 is the latest version of the programming language. But is it time to adopt C++17 for embedded systems development?

Here, we explain how to meet FDA compliance standards for your medical device development process.

Embedded code needs to be safe, secure, and reliable. Learn how MISRA will help improve your embedded coding.

Best practices for code review: Get our best kept secrets of peer code review. Learn what to look for in a code review, code review best practices, and how to make code reviews more effective with a code review process.

Software vulnerabilities are unfortunately an ever-present risk, which is why secure coding is essential. For that reason, it's important that you ensure that your code is secure and protected. Here, we explain what is secure coding and provide best practices for secure coding.