Highlights from kVA’s Autonomy Safety Forum May 29th, 2018 The idea of the forum was to bring together leading experts working on autonomy, so as to have an open… Learn More
You Win Some, You Checksum May 18th, 2018 I love Annex D within Part 5 of the ISO 26262:2011 standard, probably more than I should. It is where… Learn More
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… Learn 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… Learn 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?… Learn 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… Learn 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… Learn 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… Learn 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… Learn More
