Altera unveils safety data package for automation

Altera (San Jose, Calif.) it worked in conjunction with TÜV Rheinland, a German safety certification body, to create a pre-qualified development tool chain, including safety manuals and safety IP cores intended to shorten development time and lower total system cost in safety-critical industrial applications, such as servo and inverter drives, safety devices and automation controllers.

The industrial safety package aims to help industrial automation equipment manufacturers comply with new safety regulations defined by the European Machinery Directive, Altera said. Offering a safety data package with safety manuals that include information on TÜV-validated Altera FPGAs, standard IP cores and the standard development tool flow should reduce customers' development time significantly, according to Altera.

The industrial safety data package will be available early in the second quarter of this year, Altera said. More information about the package is available on Altera's website.