I recently studied the design changes made on the T series of old British cars (a hobby) made by the MG Company in England from 1936-1955. Models progressed over that time period including the TA, TB, TC, TD, and TF. I noted a strange looking two position switch on the dash…
exida explains Blog
Entries tagged with: Redundancy
- by Dr. William Goble, CFSE
- Wednesday, August 31, 2022
- Functional Safety
Evolution of Engineering Design – Advanced Diagnostics vs Redundancy
- by Loren Stewart, CFSE
- Thursday, August 03, 2017
- Functional Safety
Outer Banks: How Could This Massive Power Outage Happen?
I, like many others, was stunned to hear that there was a major power outage covering the Outer Banks. Being an engineer, my instincts were to immediately investigate what happened and what steps occurred to lead to that point. Even before I did research, my mind was already asking…
- by Paddy Healy
- Tuesday, April 18, 2023
- Functional Safety
What is a FMEDA?
In the 1980’s, there was a raging debate in the functional safety committee about redundancy versus diagnostics. Some said functional safety could only be achieved with redundant systems. This was strongly supported by Triple Modular Redundant (2oo3) safety PLC vendors.
Others argued that diagnostics would be an equal or…