Functional Safety: It's not just about cars
Functional safety, or FuSa, is a term that we’re increasingly discussing with our customers and prospects, particularly in association with automotive and autonomous vehicles. Imagination is now on a journey that will ensure that it can offer its customers FuSa certifiable or FuSa certified IP in the automotive space. However, while automotive gets much of the attention it’s important to acknowledge that FuSa doesn’t just apply to the automotive industry. Other industries, such as aviation, marine, industrial and healthcare, are also benefiting from system, device, machine and equipment safety.
Functional safety provides assurance for safety-related functions within the product itself. Safety mechanisms built into the product can reduce the probability that a hazard will occur by detecting a fault and, if possible, maintain or return the system to a safe state. A good example would be the detection of smoke by a fire alarm and the activation of sprinklers or other firefighting initiatives to stop the fire spreading.
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