Software Verification of Orion Cockpit Displays PPT

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Orion and its Cockpit Displays

  • NASA’s Orion spacecraft is built to take humans to Mars effectively and safely.
  • To monitor spaceflight status and provide instructions to crew, cockpit has new software embedded digital displays to replace hundreds of pounds of paper documentations.
  • Digital displays have three glass screens to show graphical objects that are manipulated on screen using peripheral switches such as edge keys and knobs.

Goal

  • Verify the display software using an automation tool such as EggPlant Functional
  • Develop a framework to allow for repeatability and consistency of verification of different display items

What is EggPlant?

  • Verification Software that utilizes image recognition
  • Automation capabilities through simulation of user inputs
    -Clicks
    -Keyboard Keystrokes
  • User-like testing method
    -Recognition of object on screen followed by a click or keystroke
  • Thorough and long duration tests through automation
  • Knowledge of background code or internal processes not needed