Standard Compliant Requirements-Based Development of a Multilevel Battery Controller for Aerospace Applications

Purav Panchal, Luca Hein, Nina Sorokina, Wolfgang Bliemetsrieder, Stephan Myschik, Florian Holzapfel

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Abstract

A novel electric propulsion system is being developed for an electrically powered glider at the Universität der Bundeswehr München. For this purpose, an innovative multilevel battery management system will be used to manage the battery load. This system will include a battery controller consisting of two parts: a main controller and several cell controllers. This research aims to provide a requirements-based software development toolchain that contains a set of commercial tools and a process-oriented build tool developed in-house. The research presents a complete software development process to develop safety-critical battery controller software for a Multilevel Battery Management System of an electric glider along DO-178C/DO-331 standards. The paper includes the system and software requirements validation and traceability concept as required by the standards. The testing aspects, such as static analysis, Processor-in-the-Loop (PIL), and Hardware-in-the-Loop (HIL) simulations, are also covered, which increases confidence in the applicability of the software. The software development process mentioned in this paper also touches on a few aspects of agile development, such as continuous integration and version management.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publicationDASC 2023 - Digital Avionics Systems Conference, Proceedings
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
ISBN (Electronic)9798350333572
DOIs
StatePublished - 2023
Event42nd IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC 2023 - Barcelona, Spain
Duration: 1 Oct 20235 Oct 2023

Publication series

NameAIAA/IEEE Digital Avionics Systems Conference - Proceedings
ISSN (Print)2155-7195
ISSN (Electronic)2155-7209

Conference

Conference42nd IEEE/AIAA Digital Avionics Systems Conference, DASC 2023
Country/TerritorySpain
CityBarcelona
Period1/10/235/10/23

Keywords

  • DO178C
  • DO331
  • model-based software design
  • multilevel battery
  • process-oriented
  • requirements validation
  • verification testing

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