Group, I pulled these from Cigital labs web site. A good first crack at definitions that perhaps the "community" could agree on. I am familiar with MIL-HDBK-882C and have used it on several occasions to evaluate things that go boom in a loud way. This is generally considered "BAD" by those in close proximity to the event. The details are left to the skill and experience of a competent safety engineer to ensure that those in close proximity are "them" and not "us".
Safety-Critical A term applied to a condition, event, operation, process, object, function or system whose proper recognition, control, performance or tolerance is essential to safe system operation or use; e.g., safety critical function, safety critical path, safety critical component (882C). Safety Circuit A single, or a network of, simple circuit element(s) which are required to function in the support or enabling of a safety function. Where a simple circuit element is the mathematical model of a two terminal device, or function, which cannot be further subdivided into other two-terminal devices, or functions. Best regards, Daniel E. Teninty, P.E. Managing Partner DTEC Associates LLC http://www.dtec-associates.com Streamlining the Compliance Process 5406 S. Glendora Drive Spokane, WA 99223 (509) 443-0215 (509) 443-0181 fax ------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE EMC Society Product Safety Technical Committee emc-pstc discussion list. Visit our web site at: http://www.ewh.ieee.org/soc/emcs/pstc/ To cancel your subscription, send mail to: majord...@ieee.org with the single line: unsubscribe emc-pstc For help, send mail to the list administrators: Michael Garretson: pstc_ad...@garretson.org Dave Heald davehe...@mediaone.net For policy questions, send mail to: Richard Nute: ri...@ieee.org Jim Bacher: j.bac...@ieee.org All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: No longer online until our new server is brought online and the old messages are imported into the new server.
