Model based development of COTS Complex Power-plant Control System

Given article describes the motivation for use of commercial off the shelf (COTS) components for the development of critical control applications in the aerospace industry. A V-cycle model based development is introduced and its advantages and development practices that leads from design of a MATLAB/Simulink models into a real target application are depicted. Attention is also paid on FAA/EASA certification authorities requirements with respect to a certification process of any newly developed aviation equipment. These practices are being used during the development of a complex power-plant control system for a small civil aircraft, whose functionality and individual subparts are also described. Model based development of the complex power-plant control system is described and simulation results are given.