Nord-Micro: Code Generation for Cabin Pressure Control System

For the safety and comfort of the passengers and crew in an aircraft, the air pressure has to be suitably controlled. Conventional cabin pressure control is done by the pilots themselves during the flight. In Germany, Nord-Micro develops and produces digital cabin pressure control systems (CPCS) that do not require any crew intervention. Software for airborne systems has to meet the highest requirements laid down by the European Organisation for Civil Aviation Equipment. “Level A” software was developed for this control system. TargetLink successfully generated C code for the demanding control tasks. From the release of the software requirements to the first running prototype, Nord-Micro needed only 9 months in comparison to 18 months without TargetLink. The first test flight program on an aircraft started in 2002 and serial production went underway at the end of 2003.