Based on the foundational IEC 61508 standard’s essential requirements, high-performance supervisory circuits can facilitate functional-safety compliance in safety instrumented systems and other ...

The differences between systematic and random failures in safety-critical industrial power supplies. Key protection strategies, including voltage monitoring, surge protection, derating, and ...

A power supply unit is one of the most crucial components in an electronics system, as its operation can affect the entire system’s functionality. In the context of industrial functional safety, as in ...

The ISA-84 series of standards and technical reports provide detailed guidance for every phase of the safety instrumented system (SIS) lifecycle, to make sure systems are designed, verified and ...

In the transition to lower-GWP refrigerants, specifying engineers and contractors play an essential role in helping retailers make next-generation equipment decisions. Among the emerging alternatives, ...

Based on our experience of working with customers in the development of their electrical safety plans, our perspective on electrical safety plans has evolved over the years — from being a difficult ...

As the prevalence of automated driving, electrification, and connected vehicle applications increases, the complexity of electrical and electronic (E/E) vehicle architecture is increasing, and vehicle ...

Complete, unambiguous, and correct software requirements, including safety or security requirements. Correct and consistent design specifications without extraneous functionality. Compiler-produced ...

Battery-powered applications, which have become indispensable over the last decade, require a certain level of protection to ensure safe use. This safety is provided by the battery management system ...

During the design process, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is typically used to assess how equipment and machinery might fail. Recent functional safety design legislation in the EU has ...