Qt is used in an extremely wide variety of use cases across over 70 industries, and sometimes there is a need to use Qt in a safety critical system. When a system, be it a medical device, railway control system, nuclear power plant or an automobile, can potentially cause harm to humans, the concept of functional safety helps in assessing the risk and taking the necessary measures to steer the risk to an acceptable level. In this blog, I will explain the key concepts for functional safety and list a few industry standards of functional safety.
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