Meeting Critical Automotive Safety Standards: A Case for Automated FMEDA
By: Sergio Marchese
The safety and comfort of cars has increased dramatically over the past decade. Nowadays, even economy class vehicles feature advanced driver-assistance systems (ADAS) that, in certain conditions, can control not only acceleration and braking, but also steering.
Complex electronic systems are at the heart of automotive innovation. While traditional car manufacturers have enormous experience in ‘bending metal’ and designing internal combustion engines, they rely on automotive original equipment manufacturers (OEMs) and tier 1 suppliers for the dozens of electronic control units (ECUs) and associated software that make modern vehicles safe, secure, energy-efficient, comfortable – and generally ‘smart’. Automotive application-specific integrated circuits (ASICs), field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) and systems-on-chip (SoCs) designed and produced by companies like Infineon, Renesas, NXP and Bosch are ever more crucial in ensuring the long-term commercial success of car manufacturers.
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Automated solutions, enabled by EDA tools specifically developed for this purpose, can make the FMEDA process more rigorous, while reducing its cost. New providers of automotive hardware can deploy commercial FMEDA solutions out-of-the-box. Established players may customise the technology and integrate it into their existing flows. For more information on how to automate the FMEDA process and reduce expensive fault simulation, visit onespin.com/fmeda
