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Perforce Static Code Analyzers Have Been Trusted for 30+ Years as the Best Tools for Automotive Functional Safety and Standards Compliance

For more than 30 years, Perforce Helix QAC and Klocwork have been the most trusted static analysis tool for C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python, and Kotlin.

Perforce’s static code analyzers are certified in ISO 9001 | TickIT plus Foundation Level, and deliver the most accurate and precise results to mission-critical project teams in the automotive software development industry. They are considered the best static code analysis tools for automotive functional safety in mission-critical systems. Our static code analyzers are so highly regarded as they deliver accurate diagnostics that other tools miss. Perforce’s Helix QAC and Klocwork help to accelerate the CI CD pipeline and identify and fix software vulnerabilities as you code.

With the advance of emerging technologies and processes such as electric vehicle manufacturing, IoT manufacturing, IoT solutions, and in vehicle infotainment, it’s more important than ever to follow critical standards that ensure automotive cybersecurity and functional safety.

Static analysis supports automotive software development by enforcing coding standards and guidelines for safety-critical systems.

Perforce static code analyzers Helix QAC and Klocwork have MISRA checkers and scan code for violations and prioritize vulnerabilities based on risk, and prove compliance by automatically generating compliance reports.

See for yourself how the Perforce Static Analysis tools can help you stay on top of automotive software development trends and standards compliance.  

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Running static analysis is an important part of the automotive software development process to ensure automotive software compliance with standards and guidelines such as those for cyber security ISO standard, MISRA®, AUTOSAR software, and more:

• AUTOSAR / AUTOSAR Architect / Adaptive AUTOSAR / AUTOSAR RTE
• ISO 26262 standard / ISO 26262 certification / Functional safety ISO 26262 ASIL
• UL 4600 / UL4600 
• ISO 21434 / ISO SAE 21434
• IEC 62304
• ISO 21448 SOTIF
• MISRA standards

MISRA coding standards and MISRA guidelines ensure that your code is safe, secure, reliable, and portable. You can achieve MISRA C and MISRA C++ compliance by knowing the MISRA rules / MISRA C rules and MISRA C guidelines, checking your code constantly, prioritizing violations based on risk, documenting your deviations, and monitoring your MISRA compliance by using static code analyzer tools. MISRA C coding standards / MISRA C standards include releases like MISRA C 2012 and MISRA C 2023, and new MISRA C++ standards.

Meet ISO 26262 Functional Safety Compliance Requirements

ISO 26262, titled “Road vehicles — functional safety”, is a risk-based functional safety standard that is critical to the automotive industry. Carmakers, their suppliers, and developers of automotive components are required to comply with the functional safety standard. However, meeting all the compliance requirements can be time consuming and difficult. That is why we make meeting compliance and traceability requirements easy.

One of the requirements for software compliance is the use of coding guidelines. While the most commonly used coding standards are MISRA C and C++, the AUTOSAR C++14 coding guidelines have been growing in popularity.  

Using a certified static code analysis tool — such as Helix QAC and Klocwork — makes compliance to functional safety standards, coding standards, and writing error-free code easier. In addition, both Helix QAC and Klocwork are certified by TÜV-SÜD for the use for safety-related software development, including ISO 26262.