Xilinx All Programmable Functional
Safety Design Flow Solution
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Introduction
Xilinx provides a comprehensive and TUV SUD
certified functional safety design flow solution
to our customers to simplify and accelerate
functional safety certifications according to
IEC 61508, ISO 26262, DO-254/DO-178.
Safety Standards
The safety standards that are established
worldwide are:
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Industrial - IEC 61508, (IEC62061/ISO13489)
Over the last decades Xilinx FPGAs have been
and are being used in a wide variety of
industries and applications. The success is
based on to their inherent value of:
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Automotive - ISO 26262
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Medical - IEC 60601
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Process Industry - IEC 61511
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Configurability and increased performance.
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Aerospace and Defense - DO-254/ D0178b
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Integration of complex and complete
systems into a single device.
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Reliability and long life time.
The fundamental safety standards immediately
relevant to FPGA designs are IEC 61508,
ISO 26262, and DO-254/DO178b.
The unique value proposition of Xilinx FPGAs
and All Programmable (AP) SoCs help you to
drive innovations in:
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Industrial
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Automotive
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Medical
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Aerospace and Defence
Xilinx Certified Safety
Design Flow Solution
Xilinx provides a certified and comprehensive
functional safety design flow solution for FPGA
and AP SoC which includes:
In all these markets, reliability and safety is a
key requirement, and designers are concerned
about developing their products to meet
established standards defining the minimum
safety and reliability requirements. Xilinx FPGA
and AP SoC are used at the heart of products
that comply with functional safety
requirements, and designers are concerned
with questions like:
“How can I leverage the benefits of FPGA and at the
same time, meet the functional safety requirements
imposed by established standards?”
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Certificate and Reports.
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FPGA design and verification tools and
methodologies.
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IP and devices.
This solution helps to shorten the certification
process by many months.
The solution delivers essential project
documentation and guidelines, along with
Functional Safety system IP.
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Xilinx Certified Safety Design Flow Solution
Xilinx’s unique and certified functional safety design methodologies allow you to integrate safety
with general applications in the same device. Xilinx Isolation Design Flow (IDF) and Isolation
Verification Tools (IVT) provide a certified methodology to separate areas on the FPGA. Designs can
be placed into these areas and physically isolated. The areas can be changed at any time without
impacting other isolated locations, proven by the IVT tools (impact analysis). For more information,
see http://www.xilinx.com/applications/isolation-design-flow/index.htm.
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Figure 1: Isolation Design Flow
The solution includes:
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Certification for ISE® Design Suite 14.7 tools.
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Safety manual, Elements for the Safety Guidelines IEC 61508 and ISO 26262 (UG990).
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SEM IP (diagnostic IP).
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IDF/IVT methodology.
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Comprehensive training for Xilinx products and Xilinx functional safety design flow solutions.
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Qualified Tools
X-Ref Target - Figure 2
Figure 2: Certification
Qualified Tools
Table 1‐1:
ISE Design Suite Qualified Tools
Tool/Feature
ISE Design Suite
Applicable Document
(Doc ID) for v14.7
Logic Edition
Embedded Edition
DSP Edition
PlanAhead™
✓
✓
✓
UG632
UG685
ISE Simulator (ISim)
✓
✓
✓
UG626
XST Synthesis
✓
✓
✓
UG687
UG628
UG658
Power Optimization
✓
✓
✓
UG733
UG786
UG440
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Licensing and Ordering Information
Table 1‐1:
ISE Design Suite Qualified Tools (Cont’d)
Tool/Feature
ISE Design Suite
Logic Edition
Embedded Edition
DSP Edition
Applicable Document
(Doc ID) for v14.7
✓
✓
✓
UG702
UG743
WP374
Design Preservation(2)
✓
✓
✓
UG748
WP362
CORE Generator™
✓
✓
✓
CORE Generator Help
iMPACT
✓
✓
✓
iMPACT Help
✓
UG747
UG633
UG676
Partial
Reconfiguration(1)
Additional Flow
Isolation Design Flow
✓
✓
Diagnostic Tools
SEM (Soft Error
Mitigation)
✓
✓
✓
PG036
ChipScope™ Pro and the
ChipScope Pro Serial I/O
Toolkit
✓
✓
✓
UG029
Xilinx SEU FIT-Rate
Calculator(3)
✓
✓
✓
Release Version 1.2g
10-10-2011
Notes:
1. This feature is used for Isolation Design Flow.
2. This feature is used for Isolation Design Flow and to preserve safe or non-safe designs against changes.
3. Xilinx SEU FIT-Rate Calculator is a spreadsheet included in the safety package, and is not part of the ISE tool download.
Licensing and Ordering Information
The Xilinx All Programmable Functional Safety Design Flow Solution Safety package can be
purchased under ordering code EM-DI-SAFETY-SITE, which gives full access to the functional safety
solutions as well as real time updates for one year.
For more detailed discussions about the Xilinx functional safety design flow solution, please
contact your local Xilinx sales representative.
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References
References
For more information on the markets served by Xilinx, use the links below:
1. http://www.xilinx.com/applications/industrial/index.htm
2. http://www.xilinx.com/applications/automotive/index.htm
3. http://www.xilinx.com/applications/aerospace-and-defense/avionics/index.htm
4. http://www.xilinx.com/applications/medical/index.htm
5. http://www.xilinx.com/support/documentation/white_papers/wp461-functional-safety.pdf
Revision History
The following table shows the revision history for this document:
Date
Version
Description of Revisions
07/09/2014
1.1
Updated Figure 2, Certification.
07/31/2013
1.0
Initial Xilinx release.
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