• BS IEC 61508-7 : 2000 AMD 13785

    Superseded A superseded Standard is one, which is fully replaced by another Standard, which is a new edition of the same Standard.

    FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SAFETY-RELATED SYSTEMS - PART 7: OVERVIEW OF TECHNIQUES AND MEASURES

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    Superseded date:  15-03-2002

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    Published date:  23-11-2012

    Publisher:  British Standards Institution

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    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions and abbreviations
    Annex A (informative) overview of techniques and measures for
                          E/E/PES: control of random hardware
                          failures (see IEC 61508-2)
          A.1 - Electrical
          A.2 - Electronic
          A.3 - Processing units
          A.4 - Invariable memory ranges
          A.5 - Variable memory ranges
          A.6 - I/O-units and interfaces (external communication)
          A.7 - Data paths (internal communication)
          A.8 - Power supply
          A.9 - Temporal and logical program sequence monitoring
          A.10 - Ventilation and heating
          A.11 - Communication and mass-storage
          A.12 - Sensors
          A.13 - Final elements (actuators)
          A.14 - Measures against the physical environment
    Annex B (informative) Overview of techniques and measures for
                          E/E/PES: avoidance of systematic
                          failures (see IEC 61508-2 and IEC
                          61508-3)
          B.1 - General measures and techniques
          B.2 - E/E/PES safety requirements specification
          B.3 - E/E/PES design and development
          B.4 - E/E/PES operation and maintenance procedures
          B.5 - E/E/PES integration
          B.6 - E/E/PES safety validation
    Annex C (informative) Overview of techniques and measures for
                          achieving software safety integrity
                          (see IEC 61508-3)
          C.1 - General
          C.2 - Requirements and detailed design
          C.3 - Architecture design
          C.4 - Development tools and programming languages
          C.5 - Verification and modification
          C.6 - Functional safety assessment
    Annex D (informative) A probabilistic approach to determining
                          software safety integrity for pre-
                          developed software
          D.1 - General
          D.2 - Statistical testing formulae and examples of their
                use
          D.3 - References
    Bibliography
    Index
    Table C.1 - Recommendations for specific programming languages
    Table D.1 - Necessary history for confidence to safety
                integrity levels
    Table D.2 - Probabilities of failure for low demand mode of
                operation
    Table D.3 - Mean distances of two test points
    Table D.4 - Probabilities of failure for high demand or
                continuous mode of operation
    Table D.5 - Probability of testing all program properties

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    An overview of various measures and safety techniques relevant to IEC 61508-2 AND IEC 61508-3.

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    Committee GEL/65
    Development Note Renumbered and superseded by BS EN 61508-7 Supersedes 98/261466 DC (04/2002)
    Document Type Standard
    Publisher British Standards Institution
    Status Superseded
    Superseded By
    Supersedes

    Standards Referencing This Book - (Show below) - (Hide below)

    IEC 61508-5:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 5: Examples of methods for the determination of safety integrity levels (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
    IEC 61508-4:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
    IEC 61508-3:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 3: Software requirements (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
    ISO/IEC Guide 51:2014 Safety aspects Guidelines for their inclusion in standards
    IEC GUIDE 104:2010 The preparation of safety publications and the use of basic safety publications and group safety publications
    IEC 61508-6:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 6: Guidelines on the application of IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3 (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
    IEC 61508-1:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 1: General requirements (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
    IEC 61508-2:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 2: Requirements for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems (see Functional Safety and IEC 61508)
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