FPGA/PLD for safety related products?

[mImoto]

fpga safety

Any recommendation: Actel Flash, Xilinx, etc. Which FPGA/CPLD series could be best suited for safety critical missions?.

Best regards,

mimoto

 

[nxtech]

All are fine for your needs.

However depending on what you mean by safety critical will determine if you need to design redundant circuitry.

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[echo47]

Remember that most manufacturers generally don't authorize their products for use in safety critical applications.
Maybe talk to their legal departments (and yours) for advice on liability issues.
http://www.xilinx.com/warranty.htm
http://www.altera.com/common/legal.html
http://www.actel.com/company/po_terms.aspx

 

[nxtech]

If by safety you mean UL, CSA, VDE safety and fire or FCC then you wont have a problem with any FPGA or CPLD.

However if you mean that the design must always (and I mean always) work then you may be designing in redundant or back up circuits.

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