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    I.S. EN 61508-6:2010

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    FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SAFETY-RELATED SYSTEMS - PART 6: GUIDELINES ON THE APPLICATION OF IEC 61508-2 AND IEC 61508-3

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    Language(s):  English

    Published date:  01-01-2010

    Publisher:  National Standards Authority of Ireland

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    FOREWORD
    INTRODUCTION
    1 Scope
    2 Normative references
    3 Definitions and abbreviations
    Annex A (informative) - Application of IEC 61508-2 and of
            IEC 61508-3
    Annex B (informative) - Example of technique for evaluating
            probabilities of hardware failure
    Annex C (informative) - Calculation of diagnostic coverage
            and safe failure fraction - worked example
    Annex D (informative) - A methodology for quantifying the
            effect of hardware-related common cause failures in
            E/E/PE systems
    Annex E (informative) - Example applications of software
            safety integrity tables of IEC 61508-3
    Bibliography
    Annex ZA (normative) - Normative references to international
             publications with their corresponding European
             publications

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    Provides a brief overview of the requirements of IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3 and sets out the functional steps in their application. Also provides an example technique for calculating the probabilities of hardware failure and should be read in conjunction with 7.4.3 and Annex C of IEC 61508-2 and Annex D.

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    Document Type Standard
    Publisher National Standards Authority of Ireland
    Status Current

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    IEC 61025:2006 Fault tree analysis (FTA)
    IEC 62551:2012 Analysis techniques for dependability - Petri net techniques
    EN 61508-3:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 3: Software requirements
    ISA TR84.00.02 PTS 1-5 : 2002 SAFETY INSTRUMENTED FUNCTIONS (SIF) - SAFETY INTEGRITY LEVEL (SIL) - EVALUATION TECHNIQUES PACKAGE
    IEC 61131-3:2013 Programmable controllers - Part 3: Programming languages
    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 61078:2016 Reliability block diagrams
    IEC 61165:2006 Application of Markov techniques
    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)
    EN 61508-2:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 2: Requirements for electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems
    MIL-HDBK-217 Revision F:1991 RELIABILITY PREDICTION OF ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT
    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 62061:2005+AMD1:2012+AMD2:2015 CSV Safety of machinery - Functional safety of safety-related electrical, electronic and programmable electronic control systems
    IEC 61508-7:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 7: Overview of techniques and measures (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)
    IEC 61800-5-2:2016 Adjustable speed electrical power drive systems - Part 5-2: Safety requirements - Functional
    EN 61508-4:2010 Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems - Part 4: Definitions and abbreviations
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