Cantata - Automated Unit and integration test framework for C/C++

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Cantata unit testing is an automated tool for C and C++ that enables developers to verify standard-compliant or business-critical code on host-native and embedded target platforms. In addition, Sightsys officially distributes Cantata in Israel, providing local sales, technical support, and training to embedded development teams across the country.

Why Choose Cantata Unit Testing

When you develop safety-critical or business-critical embedded software, manual testing simply doesn’t scale. In contrast, Cantata accelerates compliance with the dynamic testing requirements of major safety standards by automating the entire testing workflow. Therefore, your team spends less time writing test scaffolding and more time delivering reliable software.

For example, projects under ISO 26262, DO-178C, IEC 62304, or IEC 61508 require structural coverage and rigorous unit testing. Similarly, business-critical applications demand the same discipline to avoid costly field failures. As a result, Cantata has become a trusted choice for engineering teams working under tight regulatory and quality requirements.

Cantata - Automated Unit and integration test framework for C/C++

Key Features of Cantata Unit Testing

  • First and foremost, automatic generation of C and C++ unit testing frameworks
  • In addition, fully automated test execution on host or embedded target
  • Moreover, detailed results diagnostics and customizable report generation
  • Also, full support for code coverage metrics required by safety standards
  • Furthermore, tests written directly in the source C/C++ code, which keeps them easy to maintain
  • Finally, an intuitive ECLIPSE®-based graphical user interface

Toolchain Integration

Cantata integrates with an extensive ecosystem of embedded development tools, including:

  • C and C++ compilers across all major vendors
  • Static analysis tools
  • Build systems and continuous integration servers
  • Requirements management platforms

Therefore, you can plug Cantata into your existing workflow without disrupting your toolchain.

Documentation and Resources

To learn more about the tool, explore the official QA Systems resources below:

Get Cantata Unit Testing in Israel

As the local distributor, Sightsys provides full sales and technical support for Cantata throughout Israel. Therefore, you can rely on local expertise from engineers who actually use these tools daily, rather than overseas-only support. For more information, browse our complete range of embedded software testing solutions, or alternatively, contact us for pricing, demos, and consultation tailored to your project.

Cantata helps accelerate compliance with the standard’s dynamic testing requirements by automating:

    • C and C++ unit testing framework generation
    • Test execution
    • Results diagnostics and report generation

Cantata is integrated with an extensive set of embedded development toolchains, from compilers and static analysis tools to build and requirements management tools. The ECLIPSE® GUI, tight tool integrations and tests written in the source C/C++ code, all make Cantata easy to use.

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What’s new in Cantata

Cantata in a DevOps Pipeline

Cantata Hybrid

QA-Misra

    • COMPLY     > Use QA-MISRAfor fast coding standard compliance at the developer’s desktop first.
    • TEST           > Use Cantata for automated dynamic execution of the standard compliant software.
    • ANALYZE   > Use Astrée for proving absence of run-time errors on whole application.
      NB: Astrée uses the same configuration as QA-MISRA, so the effort to apply it later to a QA-MISRA project later is low.

SOFTWARE SAFETY STANDARDS COMPLIANCE

International software safety standards require evidence of low level (unit and integration) testing to obtain certification for the device software.

In addition, most standards require that verification tools used are certified / qualified or proven through use. Cantata has been independently certified by SGS-TÜV SAAR GmbH for the main software safety standards.

Standard specific Cantata tool certification kits are provided free of charge and contain everything needed out-of-the-box as well as comprehensive guidance to help you achieve certification for your device software.
Tool qualification kits of Cantata are 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).

Please contact us for more information about tool certification / qualification kits.

Cantata has been successfully used to comply with the unit and integration testing requirements of:

CERTIFIED / QUALIFIABLE STANDARDS

ISO 26262

Road vehicles – Functional safety

IEC 60880

Nuclear Power Plants –  Software Aspects for Computer-Based Systems (Safety Category A)

IEC 62304

Medical device software – software life cycle processes

IEC 61508

Functional Safety of Electrical/ Electronic/ Programmable Electronic Safety-related Systems

EN 50128/50657

Railway applications – Communication, signalling and processing systems & Software on board rolling stock

DO-178C

Software Considerations in Airborne Systems and Equipment Certification