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Safety-Critical HMI Development
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Certified HMI Solutions for Mission-Critical Systems
When human-machine interaction impacts safety, there's no margin for error.
The DiSTI Corporation delivers certified, safety-critical HMI development solutions that meet the most demanding requirements across aerospace, automotive, and industrial markets.
Powered by GL Studio, our development platform allows engineers to design, test, and certify embedded graphical interfaces that meet rigorous safety and performance standards. From automotive clusters and avionics displays to industrial control panels and medical devices, DiSTI provides trusted HMI solutions that keep missions running safely and efficiently.
Why Choose DiSTI for Safety-Critical HMI Development
- Proven in the Field: Trusted by global OEMs and Tier-1 suppliers for certified, production-ready interfaces.
- Built for Certification: GL Studio supports software certification standards such as ISO 26262 (Automotive), IEC 62304 (Medical), EN 50716 (Rail), IEC 61508 (Industrial), and DO-178C (Aviation) processes out-of-the-box with verified code generation.
- Performance Without Compromise: Real-time rendering, low memory usage, and seamless embedded deployment.
- Superior Developer Experience: Intuitive workflow, rapid iteration, and an API-driven toolchain that minimizes manual coding while maximizing flexibility to accommodate any development workflow processes.
- Vigilant Support Team: Direct access to DiSTI's engineers, no ticket queues, no outsourced responses, just expert guidance from the team that built the tool.
GL Studio for Embedded Development
GL Studio is DiSTI's flagship HMI development platform, engineered from the ground up for safety-critical, real-time embedded systems.
Key Capabilities:
- True Code Control: Unlike Qt or VAPS, GL Studio gives developers direct access to source-level logic, enabling full transparency and traceability throughout the certification process.
- No Hidden Abstraction Layers: Competing frameworks often introduce middleware that obscures behavior and bloats code size. GL Studio generates clean, efficient C++ output that runs directly on your target hardware.
- Hardware and OS Agnostic: Whether deploying to INTEGRITY, QNX, VxWorks, PikeOS, or other RTOSs—or running bare metal or embedded Linux on any hardware platform—GL Studio delivers deterministic performance with minimal runtime footprint.
- Integrated Design Environment: Streamlined UI creation, animation, logic editing, and code generation all in one environment. No third-party plug-ins, no licensing traps, no fragmented tool chains.
- Certification-Ready Workflow: Built-in support for ISO 26262, DO-178C, IEC 62304, EN 50716, and IEC 61508 with verified code generation, traceable artifacts, and auditable processes.
Developers choose GL Studio because it produces certifiable, high-performance HMIs without the compromises found in general-purpose UI frameworks.
ISO 26262 and DO-178C Compliance
DiSTI's Safety-Critical (SC) toolchain is built to support compliance for both automotive and avionics safety standards 2026-SafetyCrit...2_JMS.docx.
- ISO 26262 ASIL-D Qualified: Certified toolchain and process documentation accelerate automotive safety certification.
- DO-178C DAL A Qualifiable: Proven history of delivering certifiable HMIs for flight-critical avionics applications.
- Traceable Workflow: Every graphical element and line of generated code is traceable to design and requirements artifacts.
- Auditable Toolset: Verified documentation, process checklists, and reproducible build environments simplify certification reviews.
By starting with a tool designed for certification, you avoid costly re-engineering later in your development cycle.
Automotive, Avionics, and Industrial Applications
Automotive Displays
Avionics Cockpits
Industrial and Medical Systems
Across every market, GL Studio enables real-time performance, long product lifecycles, and effortless updates through modular design.
Hardware and OS Agnostic Support
Pre-Integrated Platforms
Many leading platforms have already been integrated and validated with GL Studio, reducing time-to-deployment and de-risking your development:
Hardware Platforms:
- NXP (hyperlink): Optimized for low-power automotive and industrial processors including i.MX and S32 families
- Texas Instruments (hyperlink): Validated on Sitara and Jacinto automotive processors
- Renesas (hyperlink): Proven integration with R-Car and RH850 platforms for automotive applications
- Intel/AMD (hyperlink): Support for x86 architectures in avionics and industrial control systems
Real-Time Operating Systems
- SYSGO PikeOS (hyperlink): Certified integration for mixed-criticality systems
- QNX Neutrino (hyperlink): Optimized for automotive and medical device applications
- Green Hills INTEGRITY (hyperlink): Validated for DO-178C avionics deployments
- Wind River VxWorks (hyperlink): Long-term support for aerospace and defense programs
- Embedded Linux (hyperlink): Including safety-certified distributions for automotive and industrial use
Graphics Drivers
- Certified OpenGL® ES Drivers: Compatible with safety-certified graphics stacks for DO-178C and ISO 26262 environments
- Direct Framebuffer Support: Bare-metal rendering without middleware dependencies
Universal Integration Capability
Beyond pre-integrated platforms, GL Studio's clean C++ code generation enables deployment to virtually any embedded target. Whether you're using a proprietary RTOS, bare-metal configuration, or emerging platform, our engineering team provides integration support and documentation to ensure successful certification.
This flexibility allows customers to select hardware and software based on project requirements—not tool limitations—while maintaining the same certified development workflow across all targets.
Superior to other HMI Tools such as Qt and VAPS: Engineering Without Obstacles
Most engineers who migrate to GL Studio cite three recurring frustrations with other UI frameworks:
- Lack of Certification Support: Tools like Qt and VAPS often require costly wrappers or custom re-engineering to meet ISO 26262 or DO-178C compliance. GL Studio eliminates that barrier with a certified workflow from day one.
- Unpredictable Runtime Performance: Competing environments rely on abstraction layers that increase latency and memory usage. GL Studio generates native, deterministic code that performs consistently across hardware targets.
- Limited Direct Support: Many UI tool vendors offer outsourced or delayed assistance. DiSTI provides direct, engineer-to-engineer support, ensuring your team gets answers from experts who know the codebase inside and out.
When safety, speed, and reliability matter, GL Studio outperforms the rest, delivering both technical confidence and human-level customer care.
Experience You Can Trust
For over 30 years, DiSTI has set the standard for safety-critical graphical interface development across industries where reliability is non-negotiable. Our engineers work alongside your certification teams to ensure your HMI solution meets every technical and regulatory requirement, on time and within scope.
Whether you're designing a cockpit display, automotive cluster, or industrial control interface, DiSTI helps you build safer, smarter systems that perform flawlessly under pressure.
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Schedule an Engineering Consultation
Bring your safety-critical HMI project to life with a certified partner you can trust.
Schedule an Engineering Consultation (hyperlink) to discuss your requirements with a DiSTI engineer and explore how GL Studio can power your next generation of embedded displays.