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TI MCUs for safety-critical applications promise easier ISO 26262 certification

Posted Sep 19, 2011, by John Day

Texas Instruments (TI) has launched a new family of ARM Cortex-based microcontrollers (MCUs) for safety-critical transportation as well as industrial and medical applications. It said its Hercules platform is designed to protect against systematic failures, detect random failures, and provide the documentation needed to obtain ISO 26262 ASIL-D or IEC 61508 SIL-3 safety certifications, which should ease … Read More

Tags: TMS470M, Texas Instruments, TMS570, ARM Cortex=M3 core, ARM Cortrex=R4F floating point cores, AEC-Q100 qualified, ISO 26262 ASIL-D, RM4x, Hercules microcontrollers, IEC 61508 SIL-3 safety certifications