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Sanjib.Acharya
I think, the concept of "Functional Safety" as described by IEC 61508 and the ...
Live webinar on safety-critical apps and high-reliability products
Clive Maxfield
6/20/2012 4:44 PM EDT
I just heard from the folks at Microsemi that they will be hosting live webinar on Tuesday 26 June 2012 from 8:00am to 9:00am Pacific Time (and it's free – hurray!)
Safety critical applications can be found in numerous market segments including avionics, medical, industrial automation, power plants, railmotive, gas/oil industry and more. In each of these the inherent system characteristics include but not limited to high reliability, long product life availability and secure operation to name few. International standards such as IEC 61508 are the benchmark standards for process safety and as such manufacturers are investing heavily into safety systems to become compliant.
Microsemi has a long history of providing highly reliable products for the aerospace and military community. This attention to detail, coupled with long life cycles and highly reliable products, is applicable to safety critical focused manufacturers looking for the highest reliable products and platforms on which to base their next generation safety critical applications.
In this webinar the attendee will be introduced to numerous concepts including functional safety, IEC 61508, implementation techniques and Microsemi deployment examples.
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Safety critical applications can be found in numerous market segments including avionics, medical, industrial automation, power plants, railmotive, gas/oil industry and more. In each of these the inherent system characteristics include but not limited to high reliability, long product life availability and secure operation to name few. International standards such as IEC 61508 are the benchmark standards for process safety and as such manufacturers are investing heavily into safety systems to become compliant.
Microsemi has a long history of providing highly reliable products for the aerospace and military community. This attention to detail, coupled with long life cycles and highly reliable products, is applicable to safety critical focused manufacturers looking for the highest reliable products and platforms on which to base their next generation safety critical applications.
In this webinar the attendee will be introduced to numerous concepts including functional safety, IEC 61508, implementation techniques and Microsemi deployment examples.
Click Here for more information and to register.
If you found this article to be of interest, visit Programmable Logic Designline where – in addition to my Max's Cool Beans blogs – you will find the latest and greatest design, technology, product, and news articles with regard to programmable logic devices of every flavor and size (FPGAs, CPLDs, CSSPs, PSoCs...).
Also, you can obtain a highlights update delivered directly to your inbox by signing up for my weekly newsletter – just Click Here to request this newsletter using the Manage Newsletters tab (if you aren't already a member you'll be asked to register, but it's free and painless so don't let that stop you [grin]).
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Sanjib.Acharya
6/21/2012 1:36 PM EDT
I think, the concept of "Functional Safety" as described by IEC 61508 and the concept of "Reliability" are two different subjects. A "safety system" need not be very reliable, but if it fails, it should "fail safely".
On the other hand a highly reliable system also could fail and cause hazards if not designed (per safety standards namely IEC 61508, ISO 26262 etc.) to fail safely.
I just registered for this seminar. I would be interesting to see how this two concepts are discussed.
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