The “Functional Safety” standards ISO 26262, ISO 21448 and IEC 61508 specify requirements and procedures on how vehicle manufacturers and suppliers can minimize the risks posed by electrical and electronic systems. This helps to avoid unacceptable dangers to humans and to reduce the risks of any product liability.
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Compliance with the ASPICE process model can ensure the high-performance, complete and certifiable implementation of development processes for motor vehicles. Achieving the corresponding ASPICE level is also a prerequisite for handling development jobs for many vehicle components.
With our Functional Safety and ASPICE consulting services, we support both manufacturers and suppliers in the development of safe automotive electronics. We focus on analyzing the challenges relating to processes and hazards and our experts then define concrete measures to avoid or mitigate them. You benefit from MicroNova’s decades of experience in development and test processes in the automotive sector. Through automation, we reduce the effort required to create the necessary documentation.
In this way we support you to achieve compliance with the relevant standards – and you can also prove this in assessments.
ISO 26262 Qualification of Virtual ECU
The qualification of a so-called “virtual control unit” (vECU) in accordance with ISO 26262 was commissioned as part of the development of a highly available ECU. This is software designed to act as a replacement for the physical control unit.
Project content and applied methods
- Development of a concept for the implementation of qualification in accordance with ISO 26262
- Execution of qualification using the “tool validation” method
- Specification of the software subcomponents
- Specification of use cases for the software
- Error impact analysis for each use case
- Specification of the error detection and correction measures for each use case
- Evaluation of the results of test suites performed for the validation of the use cases
- Preparation of a classification report
- Preparation of a qualification report
ISO 26262 Qualification of Software Tool
The client company commissioned the qualification of a software tool in accordance with ISO 26262. ISO 26262 requires tests under normal operating conditions for the qualification of a software component, as well as tests adding errors to the system to check how it reacts to abnormal inputs. Software errors such as runtime and data errors are analyzed and corrected during the development process.
Project content and applied methods
- Concept for the performance of tool qualification in accordance with ISO 26262-8 (supporting processes)
- Gap analysis to ensure qualification is achieved
- Selection of the qualification method for the tool
- Performance of an FMEA
- Determination of tool impact, tool error detection, and tool confidence level
- Assurance of requirements traceability
- Preparation of a classification report
- Preparation of a qualification report
Use our experience to your advantage
MicroNova has many years of practical experience in their respective fields. Our consultants have direct access to our experts in hardware and software development as well as testing. With MicroNova you get not only consulting, but also the knowledge and experience from more than 30 years of automotive engineering.
