Easily develop TÜV-certified automation systems using the Safety Package

Infineon announced that it is providing a Safety Package for the XMC4000 32-bit microcontroller family for use in developing industrial applications requiring functional safety.

By using the XMC4000 Safety Package, you can easily develop TÜV-certified automation systems that meet SIL2 and SIL3 standards. By utilizing the functional safety software test library included in the XMC4000 Safety Package, development time can be reduced to approximately one year. The XMC4000 Safety Package is designed for use in high-end industrial applications such as factory automation, industrial motor control, and robotics.

The XMC4000 Safety Package includes XMC4000 microcontroller hardware, detailed documentation, and a TÜV-certified software test library. This software test library was developed in collaboration with YOGITECH, a functional safety solution company. It also includes advisory and implementation support from Hitex, an embedded engineering tool company with accumulated expertise and experience in the field of functional safety applications. Detailed documentation includes failure mode reports, FMEDA (Failure Mode Effects and Diagnostic Analysis) based on the mandatory FIT (Failure in Time) rate for XMC4000 microcontrollers, and safety application notes to assist in the development of SIL2 and SIL3 systems.

Infineon's detailed documentation, including Fault Mode Reports, FMEDA, and Safety Application Notes, will be available starting January 2016. YOGITECH's TÜV-uncertified XMC4000 Fault Robust Software Test Library (fRST) will be available starting December 2015. A TÜV-certified version under license from YOGITECH and Hitex is scheduled to be available in the first quarter of 2016.

Adopting ARM's Cortex®-M4 processor

The XMC4000 product family meets the demands of the industrial market and is suitable for use in digital power conversion, motor control, sensing and control, and IO applications. All XMC4000 products can operate at an ambient temperature of 125°C. In addition, it adopts ARM’s Cortex®-M4 and integrates a DSP instruction set, a single-precision floating-point unit, a direct memory access (DMA) function, and a memory protection unit (MPU).

In addition, all products in the XMC4000 family include a comprehensive set of peripherals, including widely used high-speed, high-precision analog/mixed-signal, timer/PWM, and communication peripherals.

The XMC4000 family currently consists of six series (XMC4100, XMC4200, XMC4400, XMC4500, XMC4700, XMC4800) and includes more than 75 products in VQFN, LQFP, and LFBGA packages ranging from 48 pins to 196 pins. In particular, the XMC4800 series is the first highly integrated ARM Cortex®-M4-based microcontroller to incorporate EtherCAT®, enabling the economical and easy implementation of real-time Ethernet communication.