HICore1: “Safety on a chip” turnkey solution for industrial control

Author

Hayek, Ali ; Machmur, Bashier ; Schreiber, Markus ; Borcsok, Josef ; Golz, Stefan ; Epp, Michael

Author_Institution

Comput. Archit. & Syst. Program., Univ. of Kassel, Kassel, Germany

fYear

2014

fDate

18-20 June 2014

Firstpage

74

Lastpage

75

Abstract

In this paper a complete safety controller on a single chip is presented. HICore 1 is a comprehensive solution that includes a certified application specific integrated circuit for safety-critical applications according to the safety standard IEC 61508, meeting the safety integrity level SIL3. It also meets the requirements of the standard EN 13849 Performance Level e. A SIL3 operating system and a SIL3 middleware complement the presented safety chip solution. Based on the presented solution, the smallest certified safety controller represents an innovative product and allows system manufacturers to create safe solutions ready for certification.

Keywords

IEC standards; control engineering computing; industrial control; microprocessor chips; middleware; operating systems (computers); production engineering computing; safety; EN 13849 performance level; HICore1 solution; IEC 61508 safety standard; SIL3 middleware; SIL3 operating system; SIL3 safety integrity level; application specific integrated circuit; industrial control; safety controller; safety-critical applications; safety-on-a-chip turnkey solution; Communication systems; Computer architecture; IEC standards; Programming; Safety; System-on-chip; Industrial Control; Reliability; Safety; Systems-on-Chip;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Application-specific Systems, Architectures and Processors (ASAP), 2014 IEEE 25th International Conference on

Conference_Location

Zurich

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/ASAP.2014.6868636

Filename

6868636