A measurement of the effectiveness of safety systems based on the probability of tolerable incidents that can occur within a number of processing demands. For example, SIL level 4 means that for every ...

When designing or verifying a safety instrumented function (SIF), it’s common to hear terms such as PFDavg (average ...

The High Integrity Level Protection System is designed as a low-cost, stand-alone, non-programmable logic solver. When designed, installed, operated, tested and maintained in accordance with IEC 61511 ...

As the automotive industry accelerates innovation toward fully autonomous vehicles, one of the underlying values of this effort will be safer roadways. Nine in 10 ...

Following a week of web-based meetings in mid-May, the ISA84 standards committee, Instrumented Systems to Achieve Functional Safety in the Process Industries, is moving well ahead in developing and ...

ISO 26262, titled “Road vehicles – Functional safety,” is an international standard for the functional safety of electrical and electronic systems in road vehicles. First published in 2011 and revised ...

What are software test libraries? The key role of diagnostic coverage in characterizing safety-mechanism effectiveness. How to approach target values. The magic behind today’s astonishing automotive ...

TüV Rheinland Certifies the QNX ® Hypervisor 2.0 for Safety with ISO 26262 Functional Safety Integrity Level (ASIL D) "The world's leading automakers, their Tier 1 suppliers, chip manufacturers and ...

Safety is the prime concern when designing electric vehicle (EV) inverters and their control systems. This article discusses the requirements and outlines an example solution. Traction inverters are a ...