According to Wikipedia, “Safety integrity level (SIL) is defined as a relative level of risk-reduction provided by a safety function, or to specify a target level of risk reduction. In simple terms,SIL is a measurement of performance required for a safety instrumented function (SIF).” With...
With certification requirements for industrial fire and gas detection the ability of the product to carry out its safety function is becoming increasingly important.
Certification The International Electrotechnical Commission’s (IEC) standard IEC 61508 defines SIL using requirements grouped into two broad categories: hardware safety integrity and systematic safety integrity. A device or system must meet the requirements for both categories to achieve a given SIL....
The certification for development tools is optional. Although, it does provide peace of mind, and it makes tool qualification easier. Ideally, all tools used in safety-critical product development would be certified against the safety standard. You should look for tools, like Helix QAC, that have...
23 /PRNewswire/ -- QNX Software Systems today announced that it is pursuing IEC 61508 Safety Integrity Level 3 (SIL 3) certification for the QNX((R)) Neutrino((R)) RTOS, a fault-tolerant, high-performance operating system deployed in millions of mission-critical systems world...
8.1.4Safety Integrity Level (SIL) • IEC 61508 SIL: An SIL is one of four levels, each corresponding to a range of target likelihood of failures of a safety function. Note that an SIL is a property of asafety functionrather than of a system or any part of a system. ...
SIL is a term that means Safety Integrity Level. It is used in most Functional Safety standards including several industry specific standards. The common usage implies those purchasing a device, product, or system want IEC 61508 (et. al.) certification. How can an engineering manager gain a ...
BlackBerry QNX Hypervisor Awarded World’s First Automotive Safety Integrity Level (ASIL) ‘D’ CertificationDecember 09, 2019WATERLOO, CANADA and COLOGNE, GERMANY –December 9, 2019 –BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) today announced that i...
The requirements for both categories must be met for SIL certification to be awarded. What is product SIL capability? A product’s SIL capability defines its integrity as part of a complete safety system. The higher the SIL level capability, the higher the associated safety level. This in ...
BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) announced that its QNX Hypervisor 2.0 for Safety has been recognized as ISO 26262 ASIL D compliant by the independent auditors at TÜV Rheinland, making it the world’s first ASIL D safety-certified commercial hypervisor. Using the QNX Hypervisor 2.0 ...