Control Systems

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Avoid a Catastrophic Failure with Fault Tolerance

Control Systems·Process Control·Product Development·Security·Software Engineering Best Practices
Poorly defined software requirements, or lack thereof, can contribute to a project being late, over budget, or failing to achieve the required software functionality. Taking the time to write well-defined software requirements with the input of all project stakeholders can be the difference between the success or failure of your software development effort.   If […]
The Importance of Fault Tolerance

Consulting·Control Systems·Firmware·Industrial·Process Control
Most people write software code without considering what can go wrong, thinking that if you code everything correctly, then software should never fail. The reality is that software runs on hardware, and everything that touches the real world has the potential to fail. Rightley and Jordan discuss the importance of implementing fault tolerance into systems […]