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Welcome to our knowledge section. Please use this section to educate yourself about Functional Safety. You will find here forum posts and a functional safety glossary with terms and definitions related to functional safety.

Latest forum posts

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Re: SIL Certificate
Heinz Feichtinger 20.5.2010 0:47		 [color=#0000FF][u][b]1. Proven in use justification[/b][/u][/color] I think, it is possible to determine the systematic capability with proven in use justification. [color=#0000FF][u][b]2. H...
Re: example - diagnostic coverage
Heinz Feichtinger 19.5.2010 23:44		 The attachment is not readable. Why do you post it not as a normal text?
5th Anniversary of BP Texas City 200...
Michel Houtermans 23.3.2010 23:42		 The CSB issues the following statement from CSB Chairman John Bresland Five years ago today, at about 1:20 p.m., a series of explosions rocked the BP Texas City refinery during the restart of a...
Re:Proof test coverage of stroking b...
Michel Houtermans 7.3.2010 23:33		 [b]Stuart Main wrote:[/b] [quote] Could I claim nearly 100% proof test coverage for this? Is it true companies claim 100% proof test coverage for just witnessed stroke testing? [/quote] Theor...
example - diagnostic coverage
Jaroslav Blazek 2.2.2010 1:57		 Dear Sirs, Would you be so kind and you could answer me for questions, which I am sending you in the attachments. I am an electrical designer. Thank you in advance. ...

Latest glossary items

Term Definition
configuration see “architecture”
component one of the parts of a system, subsystem, or device performing a specific function
common mode failure failure of two or more channels in the same way, causing the same erroneous result
common cause failure failure, which is the result of one or more events, causing failures of two or more separate channels in a multiple channel system, leading to system failure
coding see “programming”