The main purpose of DO-254 Verification Process (chapter 6.2 of DO-254 specification) is not merely to verify the functionality of the design but also to obtain assurance that the hardware implementation meets the requirements defined in the early stages of DO-254 targeted project.

This white paper points out the most significant issues that can be encountered during DO-254 compliant verification process for FPGA designs. It proposes the methods of saving development time during the functional verification process, reusing the work done during RTL simulation, and performing the in-hardware at-speed testing in target FPGA devices assuring at the same time a high visibility of results and traceability of requirements.