Mechanical CAD and electronic schematic capture tools have been around much longer than graphical software tools. This is primarily because physical objects are more naturally represented as components in a computer-aided design program, and it was more obvious how to design those technologies at the time. The “soft” in…
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- by Dave Butler, CFSE
- Tuesday, August 27, 2013
- Software
Software Modeling and Functional Safety: Part 1
- by Dave Butler, CFSE
- Thursday, August 29, 2013
- Software
Software Modeling and Functional Safety: Part 2
Part 1 of this blog entry discussed software modeling, modeling notation, and modeling tools. But, what does this have to do with Functional Safety? The IEC 61508 standard has requirements, for certain SIL levels, regarding the use of:
- “Semi-formal methods”
- Computer-aided specification and design tools
- Design standards
- Performance modeling …