Point Lepreau Refurbishment Project Programmable Digital Comparator (PDC) Replacement Software Unit and Integration Test

Abstract

As part of the Point Lepreau Refurbishment Project the Programmable Digital Comparators (PDCs) for both shutdown systems are being replaced. The overall PDC development life cycle together with a progress update was presented in a paper submitted last year. One of the key activities in the PDC development lifecycle is software testing. This paper briefly describes the progress made on the PDC development since last update and focuses on PDC software testing. The project has completed the software requirements specification as well as the software design and these have been formally reviewed/verified. Software testing for both shutdown systems is underway. The software test process for SDS1 is described in this paper.