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Introduction of functional safety in industrial automation & robotics
This session provides a holistic overview of functional safety standards in industrial automation and robotics, covering fundamental concepts, key standards (such as Safety Integrity Level (SIL) and Performance Level (PL) targets) and how TI enables functional safety through chips and system-level solutions. As system complexity and intelligence continue to increase, safety design has evolved from single-point protection to system-level collaboration. The session will also outline how functional safety chips and reference designs can help engineers achieve compliant functional safety systems as efficiently as possible.
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Functional safety for power supply
The power supply system provides the foundational support for all industrial equipment and its stability and reliability are essential prerequisites for functional safety. This session addresses functional safety requirements in power supply design, exploring key technologies such as voltage monitoring, fault protection and redundant power supply. It also analyzes the potential impact of power anomalies on system safety and introduces how device selection and system design can improve overall reliability, ensuring safe system operation even under complex operating conditions.
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Functional safety for motor control
Motor control is the core execution layer in industrial systems and its functional safety is directly tied to equipment stability and personnel safety. This session focuses on functional safety implementation paths in motor control, including key technologies such as fault detection, redundancy design and real-time response mechanisms. It also addresses how to find the optimal balance between high-performance control and safety standards, and how to leverage functional safety devices and reference designs to accelerate system development while meeting relevant safety requirements.
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Functional safety for sensing
In industrial automation and robotics systems, sensing is a critical enabler of environmental understanding and autonomous decision making, and its functional safety directly impacts the reliability and safety of the overall system. This session focuses on functional safety design requirements within sensing systems for robotics and industrial automation, with emphasis on key elements of the sensor signal chain — including fault detection and diagnostic mechanisms across data acquisition, processing, and transmission. It also explores how system-level safety architecture design and functional safety device support can enhance sensing system stability and data trustworthiness in complex application scenarios, helping achieve higher-level safety targets such as SIL.
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Functional safety for Programmable logic controllers (PLC)
As the core of industrial automation control systems, PLCs require careful functional safety design. This session analyzes key design elements of functional safety PLC systems from an architectural perspective, including redundant architectures and fault handling mechanisms. Drawing on real-world application scenarios, it also explores how to balance safety standard compliance with system performance and cost, sharing typical design approaches and implementation paths to help engineers build highly reliable control systems.
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Functional safety for system controllers
System controllers handle complex decision making and multi-task scheduling, placing higher demands on real-time performance and computational capability in functional safety design. This session focuses on how to implement functional safety in the context of multi core architectures and high-performance computing, covering task isolation, fault management and safety monitoring mechanisms. It also analyzes strategies for balancing performance, power consumption and safety, helping developers achieve overall system optimization while meeting functional safety standards.
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Functional safety for industrial communications
As industrial system interconnectivity continues to grow, the reliability of industrial communications has become an increasingly important component of functional safety. This session introduces functional safety mechanisms in industrial communications, including key technologies such as error detection, data verification, and redundant communication paths. It also explores functional-safety-related implementations in mainstream industrial communication protocols and how to build end-to-end secure communication architectures in system design, ensuring data transmission integrity and real-time performance.