Mike Braner has joined innotec as Senior Consultant for Functional Safety starting from 1th of October 2025. Mike brings long-term experience in hardware development in the context of functional safety, combined with overall detailed knowledge of functional safety, including Functional…
Once seen as toys for hobbyists, drones have quietly graduated to full-time industrial jobs: scanning pallets, ferrying parts, and feeding factory data systems. However, in the year 2025 for example, Germany logged a surge in unauthorized drone flights, including 35…
When people think about functional safety, standards like IEC 61508, ISO 26262 (automotive), EN50716 (railway), ISO13849/IEC 62061 (machinery) or IEC 62304 (medical) usually come up first. These standards explain how to make sure systems remain safe, even if faults occur….
In Operational Technology (OT), cybersecurity is not just about firewalls or intrusion detection, it’s about ensuring that critical systems such as safety components, PLCs, HMIs, and industrial networks remain safe and reliable, even under attack. These systems often run on…
Functional safety and cybersecurity for embedded software systems are vital in automotive, industrial, and medical domains. This article explores standards like IEC 61508 and IEC 62443, best practices, and real-world applications for building secure and robust embedded systems.
We are proud to share that innotec GmbH has been awarded the BSFZ Seal 2024 by the Bescheinigungsstelle Forschungszulage (BSFZ). This seal recognizes our innovative R&D project “Gefährdungsanalyse mit Hilfe eines AI-basierten Assistenten für die funktionale Sicherheit von Maschinen”, which…
Explore how to qualify STM32Cube HAL for safety-critical systems while addressing compliance challenges with standards like IEC 61508 and ISO 26262. Discover a structured approach involving requirements, design analysis, testing, and documentation to ensure reliable HAL integration in safety applications.
Functional Safety needs good documentation and, most of all, documentation which enables the engineers to work properly on projects. Last week Christopher Zimmer provided an overview of how to reach IEC 61508 firmware compliance with Sphinx at the useblocks GmbH…
Introduction In safety engineering, conducting risk analysis is crucial but requires substantial resources, expertise, and adherence to standards like ISO 12100 and ISO 13849. This ensures machinery operates safely and meets regulatory requirements. With advancements in artificial intelligence, particularly Large…
Functional safety projects often come with a lot of documentation requirements, and one of the common questions we hear is whether a safety plan is always necessary. For example, recently, we supported a project, where our customer was in charge…
As 2024 comes to the end, we thankfully reflect on a year full of exciting developments, achievements, and milestones at innotec GmbH, part of the TÜV Austria Group. Thanks to our customers, partners, and team for making this year a…
Happy to announce the official publication in the IEEE journal https://lnkd.in/eZ4QTDpY of the work of our colleague Padma Iyenghar. The publication is the result of a very successful collaboration with CARIAD and TRUSTIFAI initiated a few years ago. Initially focused…
Our colleague Tom Scott Koslowski presented at the Embedded Software Engineering Conference : “𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘊𝘶𝘭𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯 𝘍𝘶𝘯𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭 𝘚𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘵𝘺 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘢𝘳𝘥𝘴 – 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘏𝘶𝘮𝘢𝘯 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘚𝘰𝘤𝘪𝘢𝘭 𝘋𝘪𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘗𝘴𝘺𝘤𝘩𝘰𝘭𝘰𝘨𝘪𝘤𝘢𝘭 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘕𝘰𝘯-𝘊𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦” Tom highlighted:✔️ Why safety culture goes beyond compliance.✔️ Psychological…
In the field of functional safety, the demand for innovative solutions that balance efficiency and safety has never been greater. SIListra Systems‘ solution is emerging as an innovative approach, enabling safety functionalities up to SIL 3 without the need for…
Tom Scott Koslowski has joined innotec as Senior Consultant for Functional Safety starting from 15th of October 2024. Tom brings solid experience in functional safety, combined with extensive cross-domain knowledge across automotive, medical, and automation industries. Tom strengthens the innotec…