Title :
Experience in component assessment & certification for functional safety
Abstract :
This paper deals with (1) Market demands for functional safety and IEC 61508 compliance (2) Steps to make component development fit for assessment (3) The new IEC 61508 term of SIL capability of a component (4) Techniques to improve preexisting component designs for safety (5) Costs of safety in component development and techniques to focus the efforts. An outlook of IEC 61508 influence on other industries (automotive) are also discussed
Keywords :
IEC standards; automation; automobile industry; certification; cost-benefit analysis; safety; IEC 61508; SIL capability; automotive industry; component assessment; component development; functional safety; market demands; safety cost;
Conference_Titel :
Is Your Product Safe? - IEE Seminar on (Ref. No. 2004/10724)
Conference_Location :
London
Print_ISBN :
0-86341-456-7
DOI :
10.1049/ic:20040539
