Compare Trusted Control System vs. VectorCAST

The Trusted® fault-tolerant control system is engineered to satisfy a broad spectrum of safety standards. This advanced safety instrumented solution incorporates a triple modular redundant (TMR) architecture that effectively pinpoints the origin of faults. Upon detection of anomalies, the system promptly intervenes to mitigate faults, ensuring compliance with your required safety integrity levels. The TMR configuration employs a majority voting mechanism to ascertain fault sources, whereby random hardware failures lead one of the three control ‘slices’ to behave differently than the others. This voting methodology efficiently captures and documents any discrepancies. In addition, the Trusted TMR system's rapid response to faults reinforces its ability to meet stringent safety integrity criteria. It seamlessly integrates with broader control systems and is compatible with our PlantPAx® platform. Supporting both 24-120V DC and 120V I/O modules, it offers high-density I/O capabilities of up to 40 channels per module. Furthermore, it adheres to safety regulations through partial stroke testing of vital valves, enhancing its reliability in critical applications. This comprehensive design ensures that safety and efficiency remain paramount in operational environments.

VectorCAST is an extensive test-automation framework aimed at optimizing unit, integration, and system testing throughout the embedded software development process. It facilitates the automation of test case creation and execution for applications written in C, C++, and Ada, while also accommodating host, target, and continuous integration environments. Additionally, VectorCAST provides structural code coverage metrics, which are essential for ensuring the validation of safety-critical and mission-critical systems. The tool seamlessly integrates with simulation processes such as software-in-the-loop and processor-in-the-loop, and it works with model-based engineering tools like Simulink/Embedded Coder. It also supports advanced white-box testing techniques, including dynamic instrumentation, fault injection, and the generation of test harnesses, effectively combining static analysis results—like those from Polyspace—with dynamic coverage to ensure comprehensive lifecycle verification. Among its significant features are the ability to correlate requirements with tests and the management and reporting of coverage across different configurations, ultimately enhancing the testing process. Overall, VectorCAST empowers organizations to achieve more reliable and efficient testing in their software development endeavors.