Dear Rich, As each and every time you are coming so ELEGANT, with very clear answers to the posted questions! THANK YOU for EXISTING for ALL of us !
As well, I already received some very useful advices from Barry and Brian. Thank you ALL! Sincerely, Constantin Bolintineanu P.Eng. From: Richard Nute [mailto:ri...@ieee.org] Sent: August-03-16 12:41 PM To: Bolintineanu, Constantin; EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG Subject: RE: [PSES] SAFETTY FEATURES controlled by ....SOFTWARE I have virtually no experience in software safety. I'm a hardware guy. I suggest simulating failures in the sensors (hardware) that gives the software info about what state the battery is in. And, simulating failures of the hardware controlling the charging, discharging, and overcharging the battery. In this way, you have accounted for the worst-case failures of both the hardware and the software. Rich From: Bolintineanu, Constantin [mailto:cbolintine...@tycoint.com] Sent: Wednesday, August 03, 2016 7:33 AM To: EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG<mailto:EMC-PSTC@LISTSERV.IEEE.ORG> Subject: [PSES] SAFETTY FEATURES controlled by ....SOFTWARE Dear Colleagues, I would like to kindly ask those who have an extensive experience regarding the above subject, to share their opinion about the following aspect: Having a circuit which is charging a battery, and having it controlled and protected by SOFTWARE ONLY from the point of view of CHARGING , DISCHARGING, OVERCHARGING, 1. How do you think that SINGLE FAULT CONDITIONS shall be applied? (without SOFTWARE working at all? Or by providing a fault on the component where the SOFTWARE is stored? OR BOTH 2. Which conditions do you think that shall be imposed to the software and/or to the memory in which it is stored? Any other suggestions/observations/comments are more than welcome. Sincerely, Constantin Bolintineanu P.Eng. ________________________________ This e-mail contains privileged and confidential information intended for the use of the addressees named above. If you are not the intended recipient of this e-mail, you are hereby notified that you must not disseminate, copy or take any action in respect of any information contained in it. If you have received this e-mail in error, please notify the sender immediately by e-mail and immediately destroy this e-mail and its attachments. - ---------------------------------------------------------------- This message is from the IEEE Product Safety Engineering Society emc-pstc discussion list. To post a message to the list, send your e-mail to <emc-p...@ieee.org> All emc-pstc postings are archived and searchable on the web at: http://www.ieee-pses.org/emc-pstc.html Attachments are not permitted but the IEEE PSES Online Communities site at http://product-compliance.oc.ieee.org/ can be used for graphics (in well-used formats), large files, etc. Website: http://www.ieee-pses.org/ Instructions: http://www.ieee-pses.org/list.html (including how to unsubscribe) List rules: http://www.ieee-pses.org/listrules.html For help, send mail to the list administrators: Scott Douglas <sdoug...@ieee.org> Mike Cantwell <mcantw...@ieee.org> For policy questions, send mail to: Jim Bacher: <j.bac...@ieee.org> David Heald: <dhe...@gmail.com>