FSE-211: IEC 61508 – Functional Safety for Design & Development (Electrical, Mechanical, Software) Sept 15-18, 2025-Online Live- Half-Days

The IEC 61508 family is a performance-based set of standards for functional safety that are commonly applied to the design and development of devices used in automatic protection systems for robotics, industrial / machinery equipment, energy, medical devices, railway, mining, etc. applications. This course provides an example new product development process for embedded system design which has proven to bring better products to market, at reduced cost, and with shorter time-to-market. This example process can meet 61508 requirements using electronics, microcomputers and mechanical components. Full Variability Language software requirements are described in a practical way. To achieve market success and comply with 61508, smart electronic-mechanical devices must be designed to minimize systematic failures (design faults and documentation mistakes) and random failures of hardware/software based on probabilistic performance-based evaluation. The class describes how to accomplish this goal