Is Ignorance Really Bliss? Dec 14th, 2016 However, the word “voluntary” has some feeling of electiveness to it. It makes me think this response isn’t rewarding enough,… Learn More
Development Interface Agreement: The Key to a Successful Functional Safety Program Nov 16th, 2016 A mutually understood and agreed upon Development Interface Agreement will provide both the customer and supplier the necessary information to… Learn More
Autonomous Vehicles: The Road Less Traveled Oct 26th, 2016 President Obama wrote in an op-ed in the Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, “Right now, too many people die on our roads –… Learn More
Random Failure vs. Systematic Failure: Through the Looking Glass Oct 11th, 2016 Put more simply, systematic failures are mistakes or oversights in the design. A systematic failure is caused by human error…. Learn More
Introducing Functional Safety into Teaching Curriculum Sep 26th, 2016 Functional safety is an engineering process that emphasizes on safe design and operation of systems and components in order to… Learn More
Methods to Navigate the Complex Landscape of Embedded Software Sep 12th, 2016 I’ll be presenting on this topic at the upcoming medini analyze User Conference scheduled to be held in Troy, MI on… Learn More
Safety is the Responsibility of the Engineer Aug 18th, 2016 Aside from questioning the mementos he chooses to capture as part of a family outing, I had to comment, as… Learn More
Software Safety Analysis: An Overview Jul 8th, 2016 In Part 4 and Part 5, clauses 4.7 and 5.7 respectively, the ISO 26262 standard requires engineers to perform safety… Learn More
How can we specify safety-critical time intervals? Jun 28th, 2016 So what does the ISO 26262 standard say? Part 1, 1.44 defines FRTI as, “time-span from the detection of a… Learn More
