FUNCTIONAL SAFETY

Functional safety is an important aspect of system development. Especially when applied in sectors such as medical technology, railway industry, aviation or automotive. Functional safety describes how to protect people and the environment from possible threats, caused by technical components and how to minimize malfunctions. There are a number of important safety standards applicable, above all the superordinate IEC 61508. It was the first major standard, followed by EN ISO 13849 (machine industry), ISO 26262 (automotive industry) and IEC 62304 (medical technology) . Standards apply, when products or systems are used by people and when people have to rely on the functionality of the intended purpose. Standards are practically best practices, that are published by independent bodies. We at heliosys have been working on functional safety projects for many years and are familiar with a large number of standards that are based on IEC 61508.

Do you work on electronic development projects you need support with? Contact us.

A major plus is our partnership with the company HEICON Global Engineering, a technological consulting company whose core strengths lies within applicable methods and processes for safety-critical systems and embedded solutions. Due to this cooperation, we can support you right from the start by creating specifications or requirement profiles. We cover the complete development cycle (V-Modell or agile). Starting with setting up specifications, creating software architecture, covering suitable implementation and corresponding tests, up to the accurate documentation.

Our services:

• Requirement engineering (system, product, software requirements)
• Software design / architecture implementation unit / module tests
• HW / SW integration tests
• System tests
• Documentation
• Central hosting, among other things, for project management & software administration

The standards for functional safety require a comprehensive understanding of systems architecture. You will meet these requirements, if you include all aspects of the entire product life cycle: from conception through development and production to commissioning of the corresponding, safety-critical system.