Virtual Functional Safety Training: Everything You Need to Know Feb 8th, 2021 To continue fulfilling UL’s mission, making the world a safer place, we’ve made the tough but necessary decision to proceed… Learn More
Key Takeaways from How to Avoid Five Common Mistakes in Automotive Functional Safety Webinar Oct 22nd, 2020 In the redundancy discussion, one questioner sought to clarify that the idea could be extended from sensors to actuators, and… Learn More
Just because it’s related to safety, doesn’t mean it’s in scope for functional safety. Jul 20th, 2020 Many industries have their own functional safety standard, such as ISO 26262 for road vehicles, IEC 61508 for industrial automation,… Learn More
How Does Product Safety Relate to Functional Safety? Dec 11th, 2018 Since my experience stems from “the old days” (yes, this is showing my age!), we didn’t differentiate between Product and… Learn More
Rand Report Revisited Aug 9th, 2018 Rand’s report seeks to answer the basic question, “How many miles would autonomous vehicles have to be driven without failure… Learn More
Verification vs Validation: Functional Safety Jul 31st, 2018 These processes are commonly confused for one another while each of them actually serves a very specific purpose. Verification… 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
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… Learn More
Is adherence to ISO 26262 affordable? May 9th, 2017 Is it the cost of the additional personnel? Is it the additional cost of components, that for both objectives are… Learn More