Introduction to Functional Safety

Agenda

• Overview of the relevant standards and “Why IEC 61508 particularly”.
• Structure of the IEC 61508 standard
• Safety management and a possible way of implementing it (safety plan)
• Safety lifecycle according to IEC 61508
• Risk analysis
• Safety concept and specification of safety requirements
• System design and safety demonstration
• System architecture evaluation
• What is SIL (Safety Integrity Level)
• Functional Safety Management System
• Quantitative evaluation at component level (probability of failure)
• SW life cycle overview