Using Simulink® and Real-Time Workshop® Embedded Coder for IEC 61508 Applications

Title Using Simulink® and Real-Time Workshop® Embedded Coder for IEC 61508 Applications

Abstract When developing safety-critical embedded software it is important to consider the objectives of standards such as IEC 61508. These standards impose additional constraints on the development processes and require the production of evidence that the objectives were met.
IEC 61508 is a generic safety publication. The standard was developed for traditional (hand-coded) software development processes and does not cover advanced software development technologies such as Model-Based Design and production code generation. Therefore the measures and techniques recommended by IEC 61508-3 need to be mapped onto Model-Based Design processes and tools.