SLYY242 November   2024

 

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  2.   Overview
  3.   At a glance
  4.   Introduction
  5.   Safety considerations and potential failures in power-supply designs
  6.   Introduction to functional safety and standards in industrial systems
  7.   Voltage monitoring using voltage supervisor ICs
  8.   How voltage supervision affects functional safety ratings
  9.   Safe torque-off design example
  10.   Conclusion

Conclusion

As we become more advanced technologically, we must become more strategic about how such advances affect human lives. Safety is essential as we learn to effectively use new advances in machinery, robotics and electronics. Increasing the functional safety of any power-supply design will ultimately lead to more impressive and potent motor-drive applications. Thanks to advanced chips such as voltage supervisors, designers can safely determine when a system might see a safety fault and take the proper steps to ensure safety.

Functional safety will become increasingly important in the coming years. Using voltage monitoring to understand and improve the functional safety of any application can lead to a safer world.