Support for Standards and Guidelines

If your application has safety-critical development and certification goals, your models or subsystems and the code generated for them might need to comply with one or more of the standards and guidelines listed in the following table.

Standard or Guidelines	Organization	For More Information, See...
MathWorks Advisory Board (MAB) Guidelines	MathWorks with NA-MAAB standards groups	MAB Modeling Guidelines Model Advisor Checks for MAB Modeling Guidelines (Simulink Check)
Japan MathWorks® Automotive Advisory Board (JMAAB) Modeling Guidelines	Japan MathWorks Automotive Advisory Board standards group	Version 5.1 — Control Algorithm Modeling Guidelines - Using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow, and Version 6.0 — Control Algorithm Modeling Guidelines - Using MATLAB, Simulink, and Stateflow Model Advisor Checks for JMAAB Modeling Guidelines (Simulink Check)
Use of the C Language in Critical Systems (MISRA C™)	Motor Industry Software Reliability Association (MISRA)	MISRA C website Develop Models and Code that Comply with MISRA C MISRA C
CERT® C Coding Standards	CERT Division of the Software Engineering Institute (SEI)	CERT C Coding Standards publication Secure Coding on the Software Engineering Institute website Develop Model and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE™)	The MITRE Corporation	CWE list of software weaknesses types Develop Model and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
ISO/IEC TS 17961, Information Technology — Programming Languages, Their Environments And System Software Interfaces — C Secure Coding Rules	International Organization for Standardization and International Electrotechnical Commission	ISO/IEC TS 17961:2013 standards publication Develop Model and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
AUTomotive Open System ARchitecture (AUTOSAR)	AUTOSAR Development Partnership	Publications and specifications available from the AUTOSAR website AUTOSAR Support from Embedded Coder on the MathWorks website AUTOSAR Blockset documentation
IEC 61508, Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems	International Electrotechnical Commission	IEC 61508 IEC functional safety website IEC 61508 Support in MATLAB and Simulink Develop Models and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
Standard: IEC 62304, Medical device software — Software life cycle processes	International Electrotechnical Commission	IEC 62304 Develop Models and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
ISO 26262, Road Vehicles — Functional Safety	International Organization for Standardization	ISO 26262 ISO 26262 Support in MATLAB and Simulink Develop Models and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
EN 50128, Railway applications — Software for railway control and protection systems	European Committee for Electrotechnical Standardization	EN 50128/EN 50657 Develop Models and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
ISO 25119, Tractors and machinery for agriculture and forestry — Safety-related parts of control systems	International Organization for Standardization	Develop Models and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code
DO-178C, Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification	Radio Technical Commission for Aeronautics (RTCA)	DO-178C/DO-331 Develop Models and Code that Comply with Modeling Guidelines for Generated Code