IEC Certification Kit

for ISO 26262 and IEC 61508

What are IEC 61508, ISO 26262, and Derivative Standards?

IEC 61508 (Functional safety of electrical/electronic/programmable electronic safety-related systems) is an international, industry-independent functional safety standard. The seven-part standard spans IEC 61508-1 to IEC 61508-7. IEC 61508-3 is concerned with software development, verification, and validation. IEC 61508-3 highly recommends certified tools and translators for safety integrity levels (SILs) SIL 2 and higher; clause 7.4.4 provides “Requirements for support tools.”

ISO 26262 (Road vehicles — Functional safety) is an international functional safety standard. It is an adaptation of IEC 61508 specific to the application sector of electrical and electronic systems in the road vehicles industry. It consists of ten parts: ISO 26262-1 to ISO 26262-10. ISO 26262-6 pertains to software development, verification, and validation. It includes guidance for projects using Model-Based Design and code generation. ISO 26262-8 addresses multiple cross-functional topics, including the classification and qualification of software tools. The degree of rigor required for tool qualification is based on the tool classification level (TCL) and the software automotive safety integrity levels (ASILs) A to D.

IEC Certification Kit includes TÜV SÜD certificates for IEC 61508, ISO 26262, and IEC 61511, but the certificates also acknowledge their applicability to IEC 61508 derivative standards, such as EN 50128 (rail transport) and IEC 62304 (medical devices). This acknowledgement lets you use the IEC Certification Kit as a basis for qualification of MathWorks tools and for guidance on using Model-Based Design to develop a variety of systems requiring certification.