Latest IEC 61508 Stories

Certification by independent third-party assessor TUV SUD affirms TI's commitment to functional safety markets. HOUSTON, March 21, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announces that its SafeTI((TM)) functional safety hardware development process is now certified as suitable for development of ISO 26262 and IEC 61508 compliant components. TI achieved this process certification from TUV SUD, an internationally recognized and accredited independent...

BEIJING, March 4, 2013 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (NASDAQ: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that its proprietary vital computer 2000 ("HVC2000") which is mainly used for on-board high-speed rail and subway signaling system development, has been certified in compliance with the most stringent Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) requirements of...

Now car manufacturers and automotive suppliers can rely on an independently certified AUTOSAR safety operating system. ERLANGEN, Germany, Feb. 27, 2013 /PRNewswire/ -- Elektrobit (EB) is among the first suppliers to deliver an ASIL D certified AUTOSAR operating system and the only one certified for two safety standards. (Logo: http://photos.prnewswire.com/prnh/20121015/DE92272LOGO ) Elektrobit achieved its Functional Safety certification by the assessment agency exida...

BRISTOL, United Kingdom, Nov 30, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Wittenstein High Integrity Systems (WHIS), a leading safety systems company, extends SAFERTOS(®) support to include downloadable demonstration projects for all Hercules(TM) safety microcontroller Hardware Development Kits (HDK) from Texas Instruments (TI). Each demonstration project includes a fully functional, pre-complied, SAFERTOS kernel library, integrated with reference source code and build files. This allows developers to...

Parasoft's industry-leading Embedded Testing platform reduces the time, effort, and cost of delivering reliable embedded and real-time applications Monrovia, CA (PRWEB) September 19, 2012 Parasoft Corporation, leader in Development Testing, announced today that Parasoft C/C++test, the industry's most comprehensive Embedded Testing platform for C and C++ development, now supports additional IAR Embedded Workbench environments. The latest release extends Parasoft C/C++test's...

HOUSTON, Sept. 18, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Helping customers get to market quickly with their safety-critical applications, today Texas Instruments Incorporated (TI) (NASDAQ: TXN) announces SafeTI((TM)) design packages. This functional safety platform augments TI's 20+ years of safety-critical design expertise and includes design packages with analog devices and embedded processors - from microcontrollers to digital signal processors - as well as software, supporting...

BEIJING, March 29, 2011 /PRNewswire-Asia-FirstCall/ -- Hollysys Automation Technologies, Ltd. (Nasdaq: HOLI) ("Hollysys" or the "Company"), a leading provider of automation and control technologies and applications in China, announced today that its proprietary high-speed rail LEU (Line-Side Electronic Unit) has been certified to Safety Integrity Level 4 (SIL4) of European safety standards of EN50126/50128/50129/50159. LEU plays an important role in facilitating real-time data transmission...

BOSTON, Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- ESC BOSTON -- Micrium, Inc., a leading developer and manufacturer of real-time and embedded operating systems, today announced a joint venture with Validated Software Corporation (VSC) to design, develop, and market safety-critical solutions for the embedded market. The goal of the joint venture is to create and deliver low-risk, cost-effective alternatives to other commercial and in-house systems. With strategic and tactical alignment on designs,...

OTTAWA, April 20 /PRNewswire/ -- In response to increasing demand for safety-critical applications, QNX Software Systems today announced its new IEC 61508 Certification Support Package. Designed for customers building safety-critical systems in the automotive, industrial, medical, networking, and defense industries, the package combines QNX Software Systems' certification expertise with data to support the certification process. It also provides guidance on an effective strategy for...

SHANGHAI, Nov. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- The 2009 Frost & Sullivan China Award for Product Innovation is presented to HIMA (Shanghai) Safety System Co., Ltd. (HIMA), for its outstanding achievements in technology innovation, and in recognition of excellence and vision of the safety system -- HIMax. (Logo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20081117/FSLOGO) Safety Instrumented System (SIS), a control system for safety, defined by the International Electro technical Commission (IEC) standard IEC...