The Future of Functional Safety at UL

Additionally, UL has established the UL Certified Functional Safety eXpert (UL-CFSX) program, recognizing the world’s brightest leaders in functional safety….

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Preventing the Occurrence of a Hazard: FTTI at the Concept Level (Part 2)

Considering that FTTI represents the design constraint, it is useful to establish terminology that captures what is actually achieved by…

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The Need for External Interfaces in Driverless Vehicles

Autonomous vehicles (AVs) are coming soon, and, whether we like it or not, they might forever change how we behave…

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Unit Testing: Four Step Software Verification Process

A unit test is a method that instantiates a small portion of any application and verifies its behavior independently from…

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UL Acquires kVA, Autonomous Vehicle Safety and Advisory Business

“As autonomous vehicle technology continues to advance rapidly, the public’s trust and technology readiness will determine how quickly AVs are…

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Unclouding the Meaning of ASIL Decomposition

The concept of ASIL decomposition mentioned in ISO 26262 provides us with an opportunity to lower the ASIL of a…

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Preventing the Occurrence of a Hazard: FTTI at the Concept Level

This challenge is recognized in the ISO 26262 Road Vehicle – Functional Safety Standard [1]. This period of time is…

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Commanding the Roadways

We left before dawn. Once I got to the steady pace of the Ohio Turnpike, traffic started to pick up;…

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Forward-Thinking: Product Safety Aspects in IATF 16949 (continued)

I) Training identified by the organization or customer for personnel involved in product-safety related products and associated manufacturing processes; ISO 26262:2011…

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