The automotive electronics supply chain must provide detailed information, including analyses, education, and documentation, for every item in the system that involves safety.

These systems are then assessed for one of the five Automotive Safety Integrity Levels (ASILs): QM, A, B, C, and D. The ISO 26262 standard encompasses all aspects of electronics development-specifications, design, implementation, integration, verification, and validation-to provide a unifying safety standard for entire automotive electronic systems. Click here for larger imageįigure 1: Ensure that safety mechanisms are able to detect the failure mode for a specific function. This article will provide a look into how the automotive supply chain can manage the assessments and audits required to achieve ISO 26262 compliance. So how do we get ISO 26262 functional safety and compliance right? How can automotive design engineers successfully drive through complicated technologies and the ISO 26262 approved? Each technology can contribute to the risk of a systematic failure. Adding further complications for carmakers is the increasing design complexity, software content, and mechatronic implementation used in these new electronic systems. Failures on the road can end up costing automakers significantly more than if the bug was discovered during the development process. If an automated vehicle crashes on the road, it may trigger a financial catastrophe not only for car manufacturer, but the entire supply chain involved in developing the failed system. Understanding and correctly implementing an ISO 26262 compliance program can mean the difference between economic success and failure. In the move towards autonomous driving cars and the implementation of advanced driver assistance systems (ADAS), ISO 26262 functional safety standards have been thrust to the forefront of system design.

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