Challenges of Functional Safety in the Automotive and Industrial Markets

Real-time control of safety-critical applications has been a longtime challenge for engineers. Application functions are becoming more complex and industry standards require more sophisticated functional safety concepts in both the automotive and industrial markets. Freescale has introduced its SafeAssure program to help system manufacturers more easily achieve compliance with the upcoming International Standards Organization (ISO) 26262 and existing International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) 61508 standards. System designers can count on the solutions included in Freescale’s SafeAssure program to stand up to rugged conditions and be supported by the necessary documentation and safety expertise, reducing the time required to develop safety systems. This white paper covers how functional safety requirements are changing the design game, the details behind Freescale’s SafeAssure program and the hardware solutions targeting safety applications.