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The maturing of the application of the programmable electronic controller (PEC) The maturing of the application of the programmable electronic controller (PEC)
for a wide range safety critical applications, has led to a fragmentation of subdisiplines for a wide range safety critical applications, has led to a fragmentation of subdisiplines
which speak imperfectly to one another. which speak imperfectly to one another.
The main three sub-disiplines are Electrical, Software and Mechanical Engineering. This is because
the main three engineering disiplines, Electrical, Software and Mechanical Engineering
produced equipment that was interfaced a a later time.
Just as electronic circuitry becomes more integrated, and sub-domains
of electrical engineering (analog and digital for instance) are commonly found along-side on the same chip,
so modern PEC's are becoming more and more integrated and now typically encompass
input from the three engineering disciplines\footnote{Consider an aircraft, this involves expert knowledge from
Software, Electronic and Mechanical Engineering and requires a high degree of safety validation}.
Additional disiplines are defined by application area of the PEC. All of these sub-displines Additional disiplines are defined by application area of the PEC. All of these sub-displines
are in turn split into even finer units. are in turn split into even finer units.
The practicioners of these fields tend to view a PEC in different ways. The practicioners of these fields tend to view a PEC in different ways.
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For a anyone responsible for ensuring or proving the safety of a PEC must be able For a anyone responsible for ensuring or proving the safety of a PEC must be able
to understand the process being controlled, the mechanical and electrical to understand the process being controlled, the mechanical and electrical
sensors and actuators and the software. Not only must the sensors and actuators and the software. Not only must the
safety engineer understand more than four potential disiplines, he/she safety engineer understand more than four potential disciplines, he/she
must be able to trace failure modes of components to SYSTEM levels failure modes, must be able to trace failure modes of components to SYSTEM levels failure modes,
and classify these according to their criticallity. and classify these according to their criticallity.
\paragraph{Desire to introduce formal methods to static failure mode analysis}
There has been much work introducing formal methods into
the requirements and validation phases of electromechanical systems.
Apart from the ability to check, precisely, that what ha been
build behaves correctly and as requested, the process
of formal specification ensures that all important details are analysed
and looked at in detail.
It is an aim of this project to bring formal methods to
static failure mode analysis. This means being able to account for every base
component failure mode in a model, and to be able to represent
mechanical, electrical and software components in a single failure mode model.
\paragraph{Desirability of a common failure mode notation} \paragraph{Desirability of a common failure mode notation}
Having a common failure mode notation accross all disciplines in a project Having a common failure mode notation accross all disciplines in a project
would allow all the specialists to prepare failure mode would allow all the specialists to prepare failure mode

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