Power And Control Functional Safety

Date: 1/20/2014

Functional Safety of Control Systems

HMI Hardware, Software, Environmental Factors, and Safety Lifecycle Management Processes

Functional Safety Standards

IEC 61508 Functional Safety Of Electrical, Electronic, Programmable Electronic SafetyAs systems rely more and more on sophisticated hardware and software, safety is increasingly dependent on the relationship between products and their responses to inputs. Functional safety depends on equipment or a system operating correctly in response to its inputs. Neither overall product safety nor functional safety can be determined without carefully evaluating a product's systems as a whole and assessing the environment with which they interact.

Increasingly, certification to IEC 61508, IEC 61511 and other related standards such as IEC 62061 or ISO 13849 is being encouraged by regulatory authorities and specified by end-users as a way of to help minimize risk and demonstrate best practices.

A Functional Safety Includes:

  • Hardware
  • Software
  • Environmental Factors
  • Safety Lifecycle Management Processes

The Parts of IEC 61508:

  • Functional Safety Standards For Road Vehicle, Railway Applications, Tractors And Machinery, Earth-Moving MachineryIEC 61508-1: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - General requirements
  • IEC 61508-2: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Requirements for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems
  • IEC 61508-3: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Software requirements
  • IEC 61508-4: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Definitions and abbreviations
  • IEC 61508-5: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety related systems - Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels
  • IEC 61508-6: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Guidelines on the application of IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3
  • IEC 61508-7: Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Overview of techniques and measures

Product Development, Launch, Lifecycle Management, and Minimize Risks:

  • Hardware and Software Validation Plans
  • Safety Requirements Specification (SRS)
  • Failure Modes and Effects Analysis (FMEA)
  • Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA)
  • Software Development for FMEA and HAZOP Analysis
  • Integrated Test Plans
  • Safety Enclosures
  • Safety Integrity Level (SIL), Performance Level (PL), and Class Calculation, Verification, etc.

CONTINUATION:

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