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Functional safety ICs ease compliance with ISO 26262 and other standards
Microchip supplies a broad portfolio of products designated as ‘Functional Safety Ready’, giving OEMs confidence that they can comply with the strict requirements of safety protocols such as the automotive industry’s ISO 26262 standard when deploying Microchip products in new designs.
In applications such as appliances, industrial control systems and vehicles, designers are increasingly relying on electronics systems to provide efficient control and enhanced user features. These applications require safe and reliable operation to protect the well-being of end users. Most of the time, electrical systems operate as intended, but in the event of unexpected conditions or a system malfunction, the application of functional safety specifications such as ISO 26262 ensures that manufacturers have designed their products to operate safely.
The Microchip range of Functional Safety Ready products includes microcontrollers ranging from 8-Bit to 32-Bit as well as MPUs, Digital Signal Controllers (DSCs), and interface and connectivity solutions such as CAN controllers. Products which carry the Functional Safety Ready designation offer the latest hardware safety features, and are supported by detailed documentation and other collateral. A Failure Modes, Effects, and Diagnostic Analysis (FMEDA) report, for instance, quantifies the rate of failure events for each of a device’s fault modes. This information is presented as a Failure In Time (FIT) rate distribution.
The features of the Functional Safety Ready products help OEMs to gain certification for compliance with standards including:
These standards support multiple levels of safety analysis and protection measures, which are applied depending on the likelihood and severity of the hazard. The methods of addressing hazards range from detecting single failures and putting the system into a safe state, to full redundancy, which ensures that failures are not only detected but also corrected without any interruption or degradation of service. Microchip Functional Safety Ready products are available to meet the requirements of any of the specified safety levels.
High Performance, low power consumption, dedicated peripherals and functions have been integrated into PIC24 and dsPIC33 devices to help increase the reliability and monitoring for safety-critical applications. These features help ensure that end applications operate as intended, with safe shut down if any exception or issue arises. The 16-bit microcontrollers have a complete ecosystem of software and hardware tools available to simplify development and speed up your time to market.
These MCUs incorporate the latest technologies to enhance system performance while reducing power consumption and development time.
Featuring performance and functional capabilities to meet the requirements of general-purpose embedded control, secured Internet of Things (IoT) solutions and more.
With functional safety being very important nowadays, the safety measures available in Microchip CAN transceivers and CAN controllers result in a more robust CAN or CAN FD communication network.
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