Critical System Design (Preview)

Here's a summary video on Critical System Design techniques.


Critical Systems Preview [ECR]

Other pointers on this topic (my blog posts unless otherwise noted):

• Go beyond system functional testing to ensure safety
• How often will random faults kill someone if un-mitigated?
• Random hardware faults in general

Other pointers:

• Extensive list of techniques that can be used depending upon the SIL and safety standard that paplies to your system (IEC 61508-7)

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Embedded System Dependability (Preview)

Here's a summary video on Embedded System Dependability.


Dependability Tutorial Preview [ECR]

Other pointers on this topic (my blog posts unless otherwise noted):

• The Grand Challenge of Embedded System Dependability
• Is your software dependable enough?
• Reliability calculation tools

Other pointers

• Avizienis, Laprie, Randell & Landwehr, "Basic Concepts and Taxonomy of Dependable and Secure Computing," Jan 2004, (authoritative terminology reference).
• Dependable Systems & Networks conference (DSN)
• IFIP WG 10.4 dependability workshop presentation slides

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Safety Requirements for Embedded Systems (Preview)

Here's a summary video on Embedded System Safety Requirements.


Safety Requirements Preview [ECR]

Other pointers on this topic (my blog posts unless otherwise noted):

• Don't require perfection
• Testing failsafe mechanisms
• Doer/Checker (monitor/actuator) design pattern

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Embedded Software Safety Plan (Preview)

Here's a summary video on creating an embedded Software Safety Plan.   (See additional pointers below.)

Safety Plan Preview [ECR]

Other pointers on this topic (my blog posts unless otherwise noted):

• How a Risk Table works
• Go beyond just system testing to ensure safety
• Why creating a software safety plan is challenging for an autonomous vehicle
• Your embedded system might be safety critical

Other pointers:

• Medical device regulatory environment (Micrium blog)
• Software safety standards and guidebooks system-safety.org
• International safety standards via law.resource.org (e.g., look for IEC 61508 in their industrial safety standards) -- very useful for teaching access to actual international standards, although sometimes older versions

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