Chipmakers are very clear about what functional safety means for their microprocessor/microcontroller (MPU/MCU) designs for automotive applications. The ISO 26262 ...

An engineer who has spent two decades certifying that programmable logic controllers, SCADA networks, and safety instrumented ...

There may be no hotter topic in electronics than chips for autonomous vehicles. Self-driving cars have captured the public imagination and become a major area of investment. Both established ...

Underwriters Laboratories expects ISO 26262 to be published as an international standard in the fourth quarter of 2011. ISO 26262 is an adaptation of the well-known mother functional safety standard ...

Over the past 30 years, advances in software and hardware have made it possible to create sophisticated systems controlling crucial aspects of complex equipment, from rolling and pitching in aircrafts ...

Products being used within their end-product application can suffer systematic or random failures. Functional safety standards are designed to help influence the reduction of potential risks of ...

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

Underwriters Laboratories' Functional Safety Certificate program covers products that are evaluated for functional safety only, without UL Listing. The Three-Year Functional Safety Certificate means ...