International software safety standards require evidence of low level testing to obtain certification for the device software.
In addition, most standards require that test tools used are certified / qualified or proven through use. QA-C/QA-C++ have been independently certified by SGS-TÜV SAAR GmbH for the main software safety standards. Standard specific QA-C/QA-C++ tool certification kits are available and contain everything needed out-of-the-box as well as comprehensive guidance to help you achieve certification for your device software. Tool qualification of QA-C/QA-C++ is also available where tool certification against a standard is not permitted as the tool must be qualified separately for each project (e.g. for DO-178B/C).
Over the last 20 years QA-C/QA-C++ have been successfully used to comply with the testing requirements of: