Functional safety design package cuts complexity

Created for designers of STM32-based devices in the field of industrial controls, robots, sensors, medical, or transportation, which must be certified up to Safety Integrity Level (SIL) 2 or 3 of the recognised safety standard IEC 61508, ST's STM32 SIL Functional-Safety Design Package simplifies system development and certification.

"To help our customers deliver safety-certified new products to market quickly and efficiently, we are making this high added-value, ST-designed comprehensive package including certified software available free of charge; an industry-first," said Daniel Colonna, Microcontroller Division Marketing Director, STMicroelectronics.

"Moreover, by providing this offer on our STM32 microcontroller portfolio, the SIL Functional-Safety Design Package will give extra flexibility to our customers and help optimise their bill of materials."

The SIL Functional-Safety Design Package, which comprises documentation and the X-CUBE-STL, a software Self-Test Library certified to IEC 61508 SIL3, is initially available for the STM32F0 series.

ST will continue to introduce equivalent packages for all other series in the STM32 family throughout 2018 and 2019. There are currently more than 800 STM32 microcontroller variants that give product developers unique flexibility to optimise price, performance, and feature integration.

TÜV Rheinland has positively assessed X-CUBE-STL-F0 according to the functional safety standard IEC 61508:2010.

Swiss-based sensor manufacturer Contrinex is the first to use ST's Functional-Safety Design Package to certify safety products based on STM32F0 microcontrollers.

"The proven robustness of ST microcontrollers, combined with the SIL functional-safety design package, is a comfortable choice for our safety product development," said Nicolas Jouanne, Embedded Software Development Project Leader at Contrinex.