For certification according to IEC EN 60601-1, TÜV will generally require an insulation diagram. However, searching for the term "insulation diagram" in the basic standard 60601-1 yields no results. This article will describe what... ...

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09/16/2017

Some time ago I was asked if I was familiar with agile hardware development, or if we even practice agile hardware development and know the corresponding tools and processes. As anyone who works in development knows, "agile"„ ...

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07/04/2017

The reliability of electrical circuits is a crucial issue in medical technology, and its importance is growing. At least, the frequency of MTBF calculations is increasing in my field, even though the significance of MTBF values is debated. However, they can certainly be appropriate. ...

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Sometimes things disappear without a trace – simply vanish. One can then console oneself with statements like "a little loss is to be expected!" This disappearance of things also wreaks havoc in development projects. In the development of embedded systems with multiple ...

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Why on earth did we decide that way back then? Who hasn't wondered during development what the basis was for an architectural decision? When developing complex systems, decisions about... ...

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The task of a system architect is to break down a system into simpler subsystems. These subsystems are then initially developed separately and later merged. This merging is called integration. But how does such an integration process work? ...

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