Laurence Marchini, Editor, writes:
We see from your search that you're looking for information on the term "IEC61508", and we have a large number of manufacturers' news releases and technical articles here on Electronicstalk which will be of interest. Let me be your guide.
Start with the news release Development package supports Power Architecture from Green Hills Software, which we summarised at the time by saying "Toolkit includes RTOSs, compilers, integrated development environment, a virtual prototyping platform, static analyser and high-speed hardware debug probes". A few weeks before, we featured the news release Software testing aids safety compliance from Hitex Development Tools: "Tessy is a tool designed specifically to automate the module/unit testing of embedded software".
In December 2007, we covered the news from ARM concerning its Toolchain for safety-critical systems - take a look at Toolchain puts cores in safety-critical systems which says: "The Esterel Scade Suite and ARM RealView Compilation Tools can now be combined to provide a seamless software development flow".
Take a look also at the news release from Green Hills Software, RTOSs to support further protocols, as well as RTOS is certified for safety-critical design from Wittenstein high integrity systems, and Update for safety-critical application development from Esterel Technologies.
See also:
Safety systems expert takes new approach to design (November 2006)
ICS Triplex has chosen the Green Hills Platform for Industrial Safety for its next generation of safety-rated, fault-tolerant control and safety systems