Best Practices for Designing Safe Embedded Systems

In this 2-day course attendees will learn "what, why and how" of approximately a dozen practical, lightweight techniques for designing safer and more reliable embedded systems. We will focus on minimizing hazards and malfunctions though a combination of lightweight, demonstrably-effective design techniques. Architectural, process and cultural aspects will also be covered.

Topics covered in this course include:

• System Partitioning for Designing Safe, Robust Systems
• Run-Time Monitoring
• Design for Test
• Managing Time for Safe Product Operation
• Run-time Logging
• Safety Case Requirements
• Managing Software Complexity
• Coding Standards
• Static Analysis
• Code Inspections
• Issue Tracking
• Post Mortems

Prerequisites:  Attendees should have prior experience in the design of one or more embedded systems.