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Functional Safety
Functional Safety Processes
Bluewind provides its extended knowledge base, coming from years of practical design experience in the field of Functional Safety (that is, IEC 61508 – Industrial, EN 13849 – Machinery, EN 60730 – Automatic controls, ISO 26262 – Automotive).
Bluewind supports the customer in the definition of a new safety-critical design, or to assess an existing product, according to the applicable safety standards.
Bluewind’s engineering packages provides for:
– a review of the available documentation and existing requirements (and product applicable standards)
– an understanding about the status of a customer design, from a functional safety point of view
– an overview about possible solutions and technologies, components, tools and software strategies at hardware, software and system level for reaching the required functional safety qualification
– a precise path and strategy for a functional safety compliant design process during product development
– a delta analysis (compared to the current status) about how to reach the required level of accountability
Activity outcomes typically include:
– functional description of the board
– Hazard Analysis and Risk Assessment
– safety functions definition
– technical safety requirements description
– hardware and software architecture
– preliminary component part list
For more details: Safety Critical Design
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Cybersecurity
Cybersecurity Processes
Bluewind supports the customer in the definition of a new Cybersecurity relevant design, or to assess an existing product, according to the applicable Cybersecurity standards at the product level (i.e. ISO 21434 – Automotive, IEC 62443 – Industrial) and regulations (i.e. CRA – Cyber Resilience Act).
Cybersecurity engineering packages provides for:
– discovery and cybersecurity management activities
– the HSM “Hardware Security Module” usage and content (based on CPU manufacturer HSM Handbook, available Library Handbook, Security Client documents and engineering standards)
– the identification of cybersecurity requirements
– Secure Onboard Communication: architecture and definition
– Secure Lifecycle: architecture and definition
– cryptographic keys management framework
– overview of TARA – Threat Analysis and Risk Assessment
– Cybersecurity Concept (Verification Report, TARA, risk treatment decision and cybersecurity goals)
For more details: Cybersecurity Design
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Hardware
System Modelling, PCB Design, Wireless and Antenna Design
Product design starts always from use case analysis. This leads to a consistent User Requirements Document, which is used as a guide through product development and final testing.
Behaviour of complex systems may be studied by using scientific modelling software. Electrical circuit behaviour is analyzed with the aid of pSpice electrical analysis software.
Hardware PCB layout is carried out by using CAD tools (PowerPCB/Mentor and others).
Signal integrity, thermal analysis and line impedance matching is checked out by pSpice and other simulation tools.
Bluewind designs a quantity of radio-communication products based on: Bluetooth, Wi-Fi, Zigbee, GSM and GPS.
All these technologies could require an external (off the shelf), or a customised printed circuit antenna. In this latter case, a suitable PCB antenna design process is required.
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Software
Firmware development
In systems of average complexity, software development usually accounts for around 70% to 80% of the overall electronic product design effort.
As technology evolves, the role of software becomes ever more important to cope with increasingly complex hardware.
Medium to high complexity systems often require the coexistence of:
– slow processes (in the range of seconds, minutes,..)
– fast real-time event handling (in the range of 10-100uS)
– the possible requirement for TCP/IP protocol handling
– the need for other wired or wireless communication stacks (i.e.CAN, Bluetooth,..)
– the need for enhanced graphical support
Bluewind provides software engineering resources that follow a unified formware product design cycle, which takes into account:
– software systems requirements according to CE/UL applicable product norms.
– functional safety compliant software design process (that is, execution of MISRA and unit test according to ISO 26262, IEC 61508, EN 13849 standards)
– integration of AUTOSAR MCAL libraries
– integration of safety libraries
– integration of Real Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
– integration of graphical/GUI interfaces
– Test Driven Development (TDD)
– Continuous Integration (CI)
– System Unit test, Integration test and End of line processes
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Mechanics
Integrated Design
Bluewind provides services in mechanical design through its qualified partners. This ensures seamless integration between electronics and mechanical parts and enclosures from the customer’s standpoint. At the beginning of the mechanical design cycle, the original idea is translated into a series of sketches, concepts and mock-ups which highlight the functional and physical appearance of the product, along with its usability value.
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Product Engineering
Testing, Prototyping, Certifications
A variety of instruments are used to test electronic products: in-circuit emulators, EMI generators, electronic loads, impedance simulators and waveform generators. A campaign of EMI/EMC pre-compliance tests is performed on physical electronic samples at the very early prototyping stage.
Bluewind complete the design offer by providing a prototyping service. This is real added value when time to market is an issue. By deploying Bluewind skills, the Customer can obtain fully functional, complex electronic prototypes in short time.
Prototyping phase includes: preliminary partlist analysis; fast purchase of sample components; PCB manufacturing; mounting; testing.
Certifications, (i.e. CE, E, FCC and Safety) , are a mandatory step in product validation. Bluewind takes them into account from the beginning of the design process. Pre-scans (or pre-compliance) tests are performed during the development to prepare for certification. Bluewind also takes care of assisting the Customer in passing final certifications and CE marking with the help of external qualified laboratories.
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