The ABCs of Being an Automotive Functional Safety Engineer Apr 5th, 2018 All cars these days are powered by electronics, such as steering, braking or shifting gears. Imagine that one day on… Read More
How do I Develop a Safe Semiconductor? Mar 7th, 2018 ISO 26262 provides safety guidance on all electrical and electronic systems, which certainly includes silicon elements. But the first edition of… Read More
Calculating Diagnostic Coverage Feb 20th, 2018 But what do we do when there are multiple safety mechanisms applicable simultaneously to cover against a single failure mode?… Read More
Determining Diagnostic Coverage Jan 18th, 2018 Diagnostic coverage is a measure of effectiveness of the diagnostics implemented in the system. Mathematically, it is the ratio of… Read More
Second Edition Updates Nov 10th, 2017 Standards are in place to protect the user of products. But they are only valuable if they are kept to… Read More
Making ISO 26262 Practical Oct 10th, 2017 Practitioners are overwhelmed by two features of the standard. First, ISO 26262 is comprehensive in nature. That makes it a… Read More
Minimizing Item Definition Document Re-writes Sep 27th, 2017 However, such thinking doesn’t allow for technological progress. For example, a given system may need vehicle speed in order to… Read More
What’s the Cost of Achieving Functional Safety? Sep 25th, 2017 Even though the supplier was very knowledgeable in this product, he had limited experience with functional safety engineering. During the… Read More
Shedding a Light on ISO Standards Aug 17th, 2017 In preparation for the eclipse, my wife purchased protective eclipse glasses from Amazon. A few weeks later she got an… Read More
Hardware Component Qualification: An ISO 26262 Offbeat Aug 9th, 2017 Hardware component qualification is an alternative means of compliance with ISO 26262-5. Every safety-related hardware component and part used within… Read More
Does the Inclusion of Functional Safety Increase the Development Cycle? Jul 26th, 2017 With the inclusion of functional safety, it seems that many engineers feel there is increased pressure and an increased overall… Read More
Sticking to the Basics: HARA Jul 12th, 2017 The HARA can easily become a tedious task to complete when the number of functions and scenarios increase. Below are… Read More
