no, the ones that wrote the code for air traffic control Mars Lander is not man rated software, patriot missile is outside the scope of the standard and was more than likely not written up to the standard. My point is if it was your baby's life that was at stake wouldn't you do absolutely everything to make sure that you weren't going to bake the child to death over a period of several hours? I'll take risks with my person but no way will I risk another life placed under my care. (I think the same spec is used for shuttle guidance software and Boeing nav and fly-by-wire software as well.) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Olin Lathrop" To: Sent: Monday, August 11, 2003 1:10 PM Subject: Re: [PIC:] Baby Incubator Controllers using PICs > > This isn't something that you can take on lightly, and I'd personally > > recommend speaking to a professional safe software person. I just cant > > remember the keyword but it was developed for air traffic control and NASA > > etc for software where lives are at stake. > > You mean the guys who messed up the real time clock on the Patriot missile > so that all those marines died in a scud attack in Dahrain, or the ones that > wrote the code for the mars lander? > > > ***************************************************************** > Embed Inc, embedded system specialists in Littleton Massachusetts > (978) 742-9014, http://www.embedinc.com > > -- > http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: > [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads -- http://www.piclist.com hint: PICList Posts must start with ONE topic: [PIC]:,[SX]:,[AVR]: ->uP ONLY! [EE]:,[OT]: ->Other [BUY]:,[AD]: ->Ads