About the Contents in the Package

An FMEDA provides the base FIT rate of the device. When the system integrator has selected the relevant diagnostic mechanisms in the FMEDA, it also provides the means to determine the residual FIT rate.

A safety manual describes in detail how to use the device from both a hardware and software perspective in a safety-critical application that must conform to the IEC 61508 safety standard.

A software diagnostic library implements a collection of the diagnostic mechanisms described in the safety manual. Diagnostic mechanisms not implemented by the library must, if required, be implemented by the system integrator. For more information about the diagnostic mechanisms implemented in the library, refer to the software diagnostics library release notes.

Refer to IEC 61508 Industrial Functional Safety for PIC® and AVR® for more information about the functional safety packages.