Currently, dramatically increasing design costs are being reported for safety-critical applications. This is caused by additional necessary actions to implement and verify functional safety ...

Semiconductor Engineering sat down to discuss functional safety thinking, techniques and approaches to automation with Mike Stellfox, Fellow at Cadence; Bryan Ramirez, strategic marketing manager at ...

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Functional safety engineers follow the ISA/IEC 61511 standard and perform calculations based on random hardware failures. These result in very low failure probabilities, which are then combined with ...

IAR Systems announced its functional safety edition of IAR Embedded Workbench for Renesas’ RH850 family of automotive microcontrollers. The functional safety edition is certified by TÜV SÜD according ...

Where functional safety risks need to be controlled, relying solely on EMC testing is inadequate, no matter how high the test levels are cranked up. Further, many engineers and project managers are ...

In a car, power usage may not be considered an important factor, but this may change as power-hungry smart electronics devices play a bigger role than ever in modern automobiles. Infotainment, sensors ...

ISA recently published Safety Instrumented System Design: Techniques and Design Verification by William M. Goble, Ph.D., PE, CFSE, and Iwan van Beurden, MSc, CFSE. In this Q&A feature, Goble ...

Complete, unambiguous, and correct software requirements, including safety or security requirements. Correct and consistent design specifications without extraneous functionality. Compiler-produced ...

I DRIVE A 10-YEAR OLD KIA SPORTAGE. It is still quite roadworthy despite having to contend with New Brunswick winters. However, it lacks some of the safety features that are present in newer cars.