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PROGRAMMABLE ELECTRONIC SYSTEM [1 record]

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Record 1 1995-11-22

English

Subject field(s)
  • Engineering Tests and Reliability
DEF

A system based on one or more programmable electronic devices, connected to (and including) input devices (e.g. sensors) and/or output devices/final elements (e.g. actuators), for the purpose of control, protection or monitoring.

OBS

The term PES includes all elements in the system, including power supplies, extending from sensors, or other input devices, via data highways or other communication paths, to the actuators, or other output devices (sensors or other input devices and actuators or other output devices are therefore included in the term).

OBS

Draft International Standard 1508, IEC-TC 65, Functional Safety, 1995.

French

Domaine(s)
  • Fiabilité, contrôle et essais (Ingénierie)
OBS

Projet de norme internationale 1508, CEI-TC65, Sûreté fonctionnelle, 1995.

Spanish

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