Synopsys ARC Functional Safety Software
Today’s complex automotive applications require robust safety related hardware and software to meet the increasingly stringent automotive safety requirements defined by the ISO 26262 standard. This combination of safety mechanisms provides building blocks for the underlying safety infrastructure at the SoC level.
Many software components are required for customers to build their safety critical solutions. From a basic certified runtime library to a software test library necessary to achieve ASIL certification levels where redundant hardware is not present, to a set of components required to manage SoC level safety escalations, diagnostic error injection, test execution and fault detection time intervals (among other functions), Synopsys provides a comprehensive software offering.
The functional safety (FuSa) software components in conjunction with Synopsys’ ASIL certified MetaWare Development Tools for Safety and industry leading ARC® FS processors provide comprehensive ASIL compliant solutions which dramatically reduce customers’ risk and SoC certification effort.
The FuSa software portfolio supports of a number of software components:
- Synopsys ARC Safety Management Library comprising test, fault, and watchdog manager units, example MCAL layer code and complex drivers to ease AUTOSAR integration
- Synopsys ARC Software Test Library (STL) implements an external software safety mechanism for ASIL certification where redundant hardware is not present
- Synopsys ARC FuSa C runtime library building blocks for safety-critical applications
ARC Functional Safety Software
Read the Software Self-test as a Safety Mechanism for Processing Units White Paper to learn more about Synopsys ARC Software Test Library.
Synopsys ARC Functional Safety (FuSa) C Runtime Library Datasheet Synopsys ARC Software Test Library Datasheet
- Synopsys ARC Software Test Library (STL)
- ASIL-D certified software that implements external software-based hardware safety mechanism provided for EM22FS, HS4xFS, EV7xFS, VPX5FS processors
- Designed together with HW safety mechanisms to meet ASIL B requirements for non-lockstep cores with minimal extra HW and minimal SW overhead
- Made according to state-of-the-art SPFM proving process built with Synopsys EDA tools and matching ISO26262:2018 criteria
- Synopsys ARC FuSa C-runtime library
- ASIL-D Certified subset of Standard C library suitable for safety critical applications including math.h functions, memory / string operations, character-handing operations, and ARC hardware-specific functions (interrupts, caches, timers, etc.)
- Freestanding subset of Standard C Library implementation according to ISO 9899:1999 Clause 4
- ARC-specific hardware abstraction layer
- Synopsys ARC Safety Management Library
- Test Management Unit
- Plans and schedules test execution, and interacts with test providers to achieve full SoC test coverage
- Manages fault injection
- Works in boot and mission modes
- Fault Management Unit
- Collects, post-processes raw fault notifications from SoC components and converts into safety alarms
- Maintains severity, hierarchy, and aggregation of safety alarms
- Generates software visible safety alarms using callbacks or non-maskable interrupts
- Asserts hardware fault notification or reset signals
- Watchdog Management Unit
- Handles internal watchdogs to control program execution flow
- Handles external watchdog to guarantee system level fault detection time interval
| Synopsys ARC FuSa C Runtime Library | STARs | Subscribe |
| Synopsys ARC safety management library for EM22FS | STARs | Subscribe |
| Synopsys ARC safety management library for HS4xFS | STARs | Subscribe |
| Synopsys ARC Software Test Library for EM22FS | STARs | Subscribe |
| Synopsys ARC Software Test Library for HS4xFS | STARs | Subscribe |
| Synopsys ARC Software Test Library for VPXxFS | STARs | Subscribe |
| Description: | Synopsys ARC FuSa C Runtime Library |
| Name: | dwc_arc_fusa_c_runtime_library |
| Version: | 1.00a |
| ECCN: | 3E991/NLR |
| STARs: | Open and/or Closed STARs |
| myDesignWare: | Subscribe for Notifications |
| Product Type: | DesignWare Cores |
| Documentation: | Contact Us for More Information |
| Download: | arc_fusa_crt |
| Product Code: | H534-0 |
| Description: | Synopsys ARC safety management library for EM22FS |
| Name: | dwc_arc_safety_management_library_for_em22fs |
| Version: | 1.00a |
| ECCN: | 3E991/NLR |
| STARs: | Open and/or Closed STARs |
| myDesignWare: | Subscribe for Notifications |
| Product Type: | DesignWare Cores |
| Documentation: | Contact Us for More Information |
| Download: | arc_em22fs_sml |
| Product Code: | H540-0 |
| Description: | Synopsys ARC safety management library for HS4xFS |
| Name: | dwc_arc_safety_management_library_for_hs4xfs |
| Version: | 1.00a |
| ECCN: | 3E991/NLR |
| STARs: | Open and/or Closed STARs |
| myDesignWare: | Subscribe for Notifications |
| Product Type: | DesignWare Cores |
| Documentation: | Contact Us for More Information |
| Download: | arc_hs4xfs_sml |
| Product Code: | H541-0 |
| Description: | Synopsys ARC Software Test Library for EM22FS |
| Name: | dwc_arc_software_test_library_for_em22fs |
| Version: | 1.00a |
| ECCN: | 3E991/NLR |
| STARs: | Open and/or Closed STARs |
| myDesignWare: | Subscribe for Notifications |
| Product Type: | DesignWare Cores |
| Documentation: | Contact Us for More Information |
| Download: | arc_em22fs_stl |
| Product Code: | H536-0 |
| Description: | Synopsys ARC Software Test Library for HS4xFS |
| Name: | dwc_arc_software_test_library_for_hs4xfs |
| Version: | 1.00a |
| ECCN: | 3E991/NLR |
| STARs: | Open and/or Closed STARs |
| myDesignWare: | Subscribe for Notifications |
| Product Type: | DesignWare Cores |
| Documentation: | Contact Us for More Information |
| Download: | arc_hs4xfs_stl |
| Product Code: | H537-0 |
| Description: | Synopsys ARC Software Test Library for VPXxFS |
| Name: | dwc_arc_software_test_library_for_vpxxfs |
| Version: | 1.00a |
| ECCN: | 3E991/NLR |
| STARs: | Open and/or Closed STARs |
| myDesignWare: | Subscribe for Notifications |
| Product Type: | DesignWare Cores |
| Documentation: | Contact Us for More Information |
| Download: | arc_vpxfs_stl |
| Product Code: | H539-0 |