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IEC 61508-6:2010 (2010-04) FUNCTIONAL SAFETY OF ELECTRICAL/ELECTRONIC/PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SAFETY-RELATED SYSTEMS - PART 6: GUIDELINES ON THE APPLICATION OF IEC 61508-2 AND IEC 61508-3 (SEE FUNCTIONAL SAFETY AND IEC 61508)
 
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Description
IEC 61508-6:2010 contains information and guidelines on IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508 3. Annex A gives a brief overview of the requirements of IEC 61508-2 and IEC 61508-3 and sets out the functional steps in their application. Annex B gives an example technique for calculating the probabilities of hardware failure and should be read in conjunction with 7.4.3 and Annex C of IEC 61508-2 and Annex D. Annex C gives a worked example of calculating diagnostic coverage and should be read in conjunction with Annex C of IEC 61508-2. Annex D gives a methodology for quantifying the effect of hardware-related common cause failures on the probability of failure. Annex E gives worked examples of the application of the software safety integrity tables specified in Annex A of IEC 61508-3 for safety integrity levels 2 and 3. This second edition cancels and replaces the first edition published in 1998. This edition constitutes a technical revision. It has been subject to a thorough review and incorporates many comments received at the various revision stages.

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Class  C990  (IEC PUBLICATIONS IEC PUBLICATIONS)
Available files
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Status
Status IEC PUBLICATION
Situation Currently active
Replaces  IEC 61508-6:2000
Origin
Committee TC 65/SC 65A
SYSTEM ASPECTS
Responsible Ir DELENS Marc
Approval
BEC Approval 2010-04-30
Registration 106178
ICS-Code (International Standards Classification) 25.040.40
NBN Status New
IEC publication date 2010-04-30
IEC stability date 2020-12-31
IEC last modification date 2019-07-23