Recent advances in battery technologies, coupled with environmental and energy efficiency initiatives, have accelerated a move toward many household appliances going cordless. While the removal of the ...

Microchip Technology Inc. has expanded its functional-safety-certified capacitive maXTouch touchscreen controller family with the addition of two new devices that target larger screen sizes in the ...

Part 2 of 2: How should companies go about the verification of functional safety and what tools can be used? The automotive industry is grappling with a tradeoff between cost and safety. Safety is ...

Delray Beach, FL, April 27, 2026 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE)-- According to the new market research report "Functional Safety Market by Safety Sensors (Emergency Stop, Temperature, Pressure, Gas), Safety Light ...

With the rapid growth in semiconductor content in today’s vehicles, IC designers need to improve their process of meeting functional safety requirements defined by the ISO 26262 standard. The ISO ...

Based on the foundational IEC 61508 standard’s essential requirements, high-performance supervisory circuits can facilitate functional-safety compliance in safety instrumented systems and other ...

During the design process, failure modes and effects analysis (FMEA) is typically used to assess how equipment and machinery might fail. Recent functional safety design legislation in the EU has ...