Functional safety is increasingly being relied upon to maintain safe operating conditions within the machinery space, whether it be through the use of an emergency stop, a light curtain, interlocking covers and switches, motor drives and/or Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs) to make correct and safe decisions. These systems, along with the safe integration of these systems into solutions, require careful consideration by their manufacturers of the ways that these systems are developed and also the ways that these systems could fail in a dangerous manner.
This webinar provides an overview of functional safety and its general concepts, specifically as they apply to embedded systems and software used in machinery.
Topics covered include:
- What is functional safety?
- Why is functional safety important?
- Functional safety principles, Including:
- Hazard analysis and risk assessment
- Functional safety management
- Hardware reliability
- EMC immunity
- Software reliability
- Functional safety standards
Presenter: Jason Smith, PE, Functional Safety
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