IEC 61508

2023 in Review: Eclipse Software Defined Vehicle (SDV) Accelerates Automotive Tech Innovation through Open Source Collaboration

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Tuesday, February 27, 2024

The year marked several noteworthy highlights, showcasing our unwavering commitment to innovation in the automotive tech landscape:

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  • The year marked several noteworthy highlights, showcasing our unwavering commitment to innovation in the automotive tech landscape:
    Inaugural Automotive Open Source Summit Success:
    In early June, Eclipse SDV successfully launched its first-ever Automotive Open Source Summit .
  • Geared towards automotive tech executives, thought leaders and senior managers, the summit showcased speakers from Eclipse automotive initiatives and beyond.
  • Discover opportunities to actively contribute to the global centre of gravity for software defined vehicle innovation and collaboration.
  • Later this year, the Eclipse Foundation will be hosting its inaugural event focused on automotive open source at the Open Code for Automotive conference, co-located with its newest global event for open source software, the Open Code Experience (OCX) , taking place on 22-24, October 2024 in Mainz, Germany.

The Eclipse Foundation Showcases Successful Open Source Industry Collaborations for 2023; Looks Ahead to Additional Growth in 2024

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Tuesday, February 20, 2024

“While we’re thrilled with the growth of our industry collaborations in 2023, we’re always striving to exceed our own goals,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.

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  • “While we’re thrilled with the growth of our industry collaborations in 2023, we’re always striving to exceed our own goals,” said Mike Milinkovich, executive director of the Eclipse Foundation.
  • Branding and marketing: The foundation develops and implements strategies to establish and promote distinctive identities for our open source projects and industry collaborations.
  • Specification development: The Eclipse Foundation helps our industry collaborations significantly reduce costs and streamline the effort to develop industry consensus specifications using the Eclipse Foundation Specification Process.
  • Get started collaborating at the Eclipse Foundation by joining an existing community or bringing your industry-changing collaboration to the foundation.

CIP Safety Block Offers IP67 Protection to Connect Safety PLC and Safety Nodes

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Monday, November 27, 2023

FLORENCE, Ky., Nov. 27, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- Balluff's new CIP Safety I/O module safely connects sensors and actuators to industrial controllers, even in harsh environments. Its IP67 protection rating means it can be mounted directly on the machine, like Balluff's IO-Link and standard I/O modules, to easily connect safety devices without spending time and effort on traditional wiring terminations.

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  • "Like Balluff's expansive IO-Link portfolio, the CIP safety block is easy to connect, easy to troubleshoot, and easy to maintain for machine builders and end customers alike."
  • It seamlessly integrates with Rockwell safety PLCs, and it also comes with Balluff's Safety Networking Configuration tool to easily configure its use with other safety PLCs.
  • CIP uses the EtherNet/IP protocol to provide fail-safe communication between Safety PLC and Safety nodes over the same Ethernet/IP network as other devices such as Balluff IO-Link masters and devices.
  • Like Balluff's expansive IO-Link portfolio, the CIP safety block is easy to connect, easy to troubleshoot, and easy to maintain for machine builders and end customers alike.

Hailo Selected VeriSilicon’s ISP and Video IP for its AI Vision Processors Empowering Intelligent Surveillance Cameras

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Tuesday, September 12, 2023

VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced that its Image Signal Processor (ISP) IP ISP8000L-FS and Video Processor Unit (VPU) IP VC8000E have been adopted by Hailo, an AI-focused chipmaker in Israel, to empower its line of high-performance AI vision processors, Hailo-15TM.

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  • VeriSilicon (688521.SH) today announced that its Image Signal Processor (ISP) IP ISP8000L-FS and Video Processor Unit (VPU) IP VC8000E have been adopted by Hailo, an AI-focused chipmaker in Israel, to empower its line of high-performance AI vision processors, Hailo-15TM.
  • These selected IPs enable highly efficient implementation of Hailo’s innovative AI solutions across a wide range of applications at reduced time-to-market and engineering costs.
  • The video encoder processing unit VC8000E provides compact storage of multiple video streams for later playback and machine learning.
  • We are honored to work with Hailo on empowering the fast-growing AI surveillance cameras market and other industrial domains under a long-term partnership.”

FORT Robotics Endpoint Controller for Wireless Safety and Control of Machines and Robots Receives SIL 3 Certification

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Wednesday, September 6, 2023

PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FORT Robotics, a pioneer in robotic control solutions, announces that its Endpoint Controller — which brings safe, secure, dynamic wireless control to mobile, automated, or autonomous machines — has received SIL 3 (safety integrity level 3) functional safety certification, as defined by IEC 61508, from exida.

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  • FORT Robotics, a pioneer in robotic control solutions, announces that its Endpoint Controller received SIL 3 (safety integrity level 3) functional safety certification, as defined by IEC 61508, from exida.
  • PHILADELPHIA, Sept. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire-PRWeb/ -- FORT Robotics, a pioneer in robotic control solutions, announces that its Endpoint Controller — which brings safe, secure, dynamic wireless control to mobile, automated, or autonomous machines — has received SIL 3 (safety integrity level 3) functional safety certification, as defined by IEC 61508, from exida .
  • The controller, which is part of the FORT Robotics Control Platform, can send and receive two different SIL 3 safety commands over Wi-Fi or Ethernet and can communicate with up to 30 machines simultaneously .
  • Like other FORT devices in the FORT Robotics Control Platform, the Endpoint Controller is built from the ground up to keep people, assets, and data safe and secure.

Wind River Helix Virtualization Platform and VxWorks 653 Deliver Expanded Safety Certification Evidence Support to Speed Next-Gen A&D Systems Development

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Tuesday, April 25, 2023

DO-178C DAL A certification evidence for Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform is now available for Armv8-A architecture.

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  • DO-178C DAL A certification evidence for Wind River Helix™ Virtualization Platform is now available for Armv8-A architecture.
  • The latest version of VxWorks® 653 provides updated DO-178C DAL A certification evidence for PowerPC.
  • Helix Platform with DO-178C DAL A evidence is a safety-certifiable multi-core, multi-tenant platform with support for multiple independent levels of criticality.
  • VxWorks 653, with DO-178C DAL A evidence, is a safe, secure, and reliable multi-core, multi-tenant platform and is available for PowerPC architecture.

De-risking Compliance: Ei Electronics Deploys LDRA To Accelerate Safety Certification

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Thursday, March 2, 2023

This selection reaffirms Ei Electronic’s commitment to sound engineering practices and continuous improvement on behalf of its customers.

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  • This selection reaffirms Ei Electronic’s commitment to sound engineering practices and continuous improvement on behalf of its customers.
  • “Utilizing LDRA makes our compliance activities more comprehensive, efficient, and better able to meet the requirements of demanding industry safety standards,” said Mike Keegan, head of research and development, Ei Electronics.
  • Ei Electronic’s next project – the development of a combination alarm device – will integrate the LDRA tool suite within its Continuos Integration/Continuous Development (CI/CD) pipeline to handle static analysis and regression unit testing.
  • “Lowering the barriers to effective compliance management and validation with the LDRA tool suite has proven essential to the success of Ei Electronic’s product development,” said Ian Hennell, Operations Director, LDRA.

Wind River Supports Airbus in its Certification Milestone for Automatic Air-to-Air Refueling (A3R)

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Tuesday, January 24, 2023

Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced it has worked with Airbus to support the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R).

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  • Wind River® , a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, today announced it has worked with Airbus to support the A330 Multi-Role Tanker Transport (MRTT) aircraft for automatic air-to-air refueling (A3R).
  • The MRTT aircraft is the world’s first tanker to be certified for automatic air-to-air refueling boom operations in daylight.
  • View the full release here: https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20230124005315/en/
    The Airbus A330 MRTT is the world’s first certified tanker capable to conduct automatic air-to-air refueling in daylight operations.
  • With the support of Wind River, Airbus successfully navigated its multicore certification journey to achieve this impressive milestone.

BlackBerry and Elektrobit Bolster Automotive Safety Roadmap with Support for Rust Programming Language

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Friday, January 6, 2023

LAS VEGAS, Jan. 6, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- BlackBerry Limited (NYSE: BB; TSX: BB) and Elektrobit today announced they are collaborating on integration efforts to support the Rust programming language, empowering developers to build safe, reliable and efficient automotive software.

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  • As a memory-safe language, Rust provides a secure foundation for software to be built on and is quickly gaining momentum in the automotive industry, where mission-critical software is crucial.
  • Without these common issues which affect many other programming languages such as C and C++, Rust makes an ideal choice for safety-critical software.
  • Elektrobit worked closely with BlackBerry QNX on the Rust project, contributing code, ensuring code quality, handling project management and interaction with the Rust community.
  • For more information on how BlackBerry® QNX® can help with building the safe and secure vehicles of tomorrow, please visit: BlackBerry.QNX.com and follow @BlackBerry.

Jama Software® Launches Jama Connect® for Robotics

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Wednesday, December 21, 2022

PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jama Software®, the industry-leading requirements management and traceability solution provider, announces the launch of Jama Connect® for Robotics, which incorporates product development and functional safety best practices based on the IEC 61508 industrial standard for robotics product development.

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  • PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 21, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Jama Software®, the industry-leading requirements management and traceability solution provider, announces the launch of Jama Connect® for Robotics, which incorporates product development and functional safety best practices based on the IEC 61508 industrial standard for robotics product development.
  • All these items help companies accelerate robotics product development with comprehensive reporting to document the process and improve compliance.
  • "Jama Software is proud to release a first-of-its-kind solution to the market that caters to all companies innovating and developing robotics applications," said Tom Tseki, Chief Revenue Officer of Jama Software.
  • "Jama Connect for Robotics enables companies to rapidly innovate, reduce risk, implement Live Traceability™, and optimize their systems development process."