ST STM32F2 Series User manual
Introduction
This document describes how to use the microcontrollers of the STM32F2 Series in the context of a safety-related system,
specifying the user's responsibilities for installation and operation in order to reach the targeted safety integrity level.
This manual applies to the microcontrollers of the STM32F2 Series and to X-CUBE-STL part number.
System designers can avoid going into the details of the functional safety standards application of the STM32F2 Series by
following the indications reported in this manual.
This manual is written in compliance with IEC 61508. It indicates how to use the STM32F2 Series microcontrollers in the context
of other functional safety standards such as safety machine directives ISO 13849.
The safety analysis summarized in this manual takes into account the variation in terms of memory size, internal peripheral
number and package among the different part numbers of the Arm ® Cortex® -M3 based STM32F2 Series microcontrollers.
This manual has to be read along with the technical documentation for the related part numbers (such as reference manuals
and datasheets) available on www.st.com.
STM32F2 Series safety manual
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1About this document
1.1 Purpose and scope
This document describes how to use the Arm ® Cortex ® -M3 based STM32F2 Series in the context of a safety-
related system, specifying the user's responsibilities for installation and operation, in order to reach the desired
safety integrity level.
This document is useful to system designers willing evaluate the safety of their solution embedding one or more
STM32F2 Series microcontroller(s).
Note: Arm is a registered trademark of Arm Limited (or its subsidiaries) in the US and/or elsewhere.
1.2 Terms and abbreviations
Abbreviations related to STM32F2 Series hardware modules (like DMA, GPIO etc.) are the same than the ones
used in STM32F2 Series technical documentation. See the following table for a list of acronyms used in this
document.
Table 1. Terms and abbreviations
Acronym Definition
CCF Common cause failure
CM Continuous mode
COTS Commercial off-the-shelf
CoU Conditions of use
CPU Central processing unit
CRC Cyclic redundancy check
DC Diagnostic coverage
DMA Direct memory access
DTI Diagnostic test interval
ECM Engine control module
ECU Electronic control unit
EUC Equipment under control
FIT Failure in time
FMEA Failure mode effect analysis
FMEDA Failure mode effect diagnostic analysis
HD High demand
HFT Hardware fault tolerance
HW Hardware
ITRS International technology roadmap for semiconductors
LD Low demand
MCU Microcontroller unit
MTBF Mean time between failure
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Acronym Definition
MTTFd Mean time to failure
NA Not available
PDS(SR) Power drive system (safety related)
PEc Programmable electronics - core
PEd Programmable electronics - diagnostic
PFD Probability of Dangerous Failure on Demand
PFH Probability of failure per hour
PL Performance level
PST Process safety time
SFF Safe failure fraction
SIL Safety integrity level
SRCF Safety-related control function
SRECS Safety-related electrical control systems
SRP/CS Safety-related parts of control systems
SW Software
Read also the following definitions used within this manual:
• End user: the STM32F2 Series final user of that is in charge of integrating the MCU in a real application (for
example an electronic control board).
• Application software: the actual software running on the STM32F2 Series MCUs and implementing the
safety function.
1.3 Reference normative
This document is written in compliance with the IEC 61508 international norm for functional safety of electrical,
electronic and programmable electronic safety-related systems.
The version used as reference is IEC 61508:1-7 © IEC:2010.
The other functional safety standards considered in this manual are the following:
• ISO 26262-1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9: 2011(E), ISO 26262-10: 2012(E),
• ISO 13849-1:2006, ISO 13849-2:2010,
• IEC 62061:2012-11, ed. 1.1,
• IEC 61800-5-2:2007, ed.1.0,
The following table reports the mapping of this document content with respect to the requirements listed in the
IEC 61508-2 Annex D.
Table 2. Mapping between this document content and IEC 61508-2 Annex D requirements
IEC 61508 requirement (part 2 annex D) Reference
D2.1 a) a functional specification of the functions capable of being performed Section 3
D2.1 b) identification of the hardware and/or software configuration of the compliant item Section 3.2
D2.1 c) constraints on the use of the compliant item or assumptions on which analysis of the behavior or
failure rates of the item are based Section 3.2
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IEC 61508 requirement (part 2 annex D) Reference
D2.2 a) the failure modes of the compliant item due to random hardware failures, that result in a failure of
the function and that are not detected by diagnostics internal to the compliant item;
Conditions of use
D2.2 b) for every failure mode in a), an estimated failure rate;
D2.2 c) the failure modes of the compliant item due to random hardware failures, that result in a failure of
the function and that are detected by diagnostics internal to the compliant item;
D2.2 d) the failure modes of the diagnostics, internal to the compliant item due to random hardware
failures, that result in a failure of the diagnostics to detect failures of the function;
D2.2 e) for every failure mode in c) and d), the estimated failure rate;
D2.2 f) for every failure mode in c) that is detected by diagnostics internal to the compliant item, the
diagnostic test interval; Section 3.2.2
D2.2 g) for every failure mode in c) the outputs of the compliant item initiated by the internal diagnostics; Section 3.6
D2.2 h) any periodic proof test and/or maintenance requirements;
Conditions of use
D2.2 i) for those failure modes, in respect of a specified function, that are capable of being detected by
external diagnostics, sufficient information must be provided to facilitate the development of an external
diagnostics capability.
D2.2 j) the hardware fault tolerance;
Section 3
D2.2 k) the classification as type A or type B of that part of the compliant item that provides the function
(see 7.4.4.1.2 and 7.4.4.1.3);
The safe failure fraction reported in this manual has been computed under the assumptions described in this
document and especially according to the conditions of use described in Conditions of use.
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2STM32F2 Series microcontroller development process
The development process of a microelectronic device that is used in safety critical application takes into account
the adequate management to reduce the probability of systematic faults introduced during the design phase.
IEC 61508:2 in Annex F (Techniques and measures for ASICs - avoidance of systematic failures) act as a
guidance in tailoring the microcontroller standard design and manufacturer process to the compliance of the IEC
61508 requirements. The checklist reported in the named Annex F helps to collect all related evidences of a given
real process.
2.1 STMicroelectronics standard development process
STMicroelectronics (ST) serves four industry domains:
• Standard products.
• Automotive products: ST automotive products are AEC-Q100 compliant. They are subject to specific stress
testing and processing instructions in order to achieve the required quality levels and product stability.
• Automotive safety: a subset of the automotive domain. ST uses as a reference the ISO 26262 Road vehicles
Functional safety standard. ST supports customer inquiries regarding product failure rates and FMEDA to
support hardware system compliance to established safety goals. ST provides products that are safe in their
intended use, working in cooperation with customers to understand the mission profile, adopt common
methods and define countermeasures for residual risks.
• Medical products: ST complies with applicable regulations for medical products and applies due diligence in
the development and validation of these products.
STMicroelectronics product development process, compliant with the ISO/TS 16949 standard, is a set of
interrelated activities dedicated to transform customer specification and market or industry domain requirements
into a semiconductor device and all its associated elements (package, module, sub-system, application,
hardware, software and documentation), qualified respecting ST internal procedures and able to be manufactured
using ST internal or subcontracted technologies.
Figure 1. presents a summary of the STMicroelectronics product-development process.
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Figure 1. STMicroelectronics product development process
· Key characteristics and
requirements related to future
uses of the device
· Industry domain(s), specific
customer requirements and
definition of controls and tests
needed for compliance
· Product target specification
and strategy
· Project manager
appointment to drive product
development
· Evaluation of the
technologies, design tools
and IPs to be used
· Design objective
specification and product
validation strategy
· Design for quality techniques
(DFD, DFT, DFR, DFM, …)
definition
· Architecture and positioning
to make sure the software
and hardware system
solutions meet the target
specification
· Product approval strategy
and project plan
· Semiconductor design
development
· Hardware and application
development
· Software development
· Analysis of new product
specification to forecast
reliability performance
· Reliability plan, reliability
design rules, prediction of
failure rates for operating life
test using Arrhenius’s law and
other applicable models
· Use of tools and
methodologies such as
APQP, DFM, DFT, DFMEA,
FMKM
· Detection of potential
reliability issues and solution
to overcome them
· Assessment of Engineering
Samples (ES) to identify the
main potential failure
mechanisms
· Statistical analysis of
electrical parameter drifts for
early warning in case of fast
parametric degradation (such
as retention tests)
· Failure analysis on failed
parts to clarify failure modes
and mechanisms and identify
the root causes
· Physical destructive analysis
on good parts after reliability
tests when required
· Electrostatic discharge (ESD)
and latch-up sensitivity
measurement
· Successful completion of
the product qualification
plan
· Secure product deliveries
on advanced technologies
using stress methodologies
to detect potential weak
parts
· Successful completion of
electrical characterization
· Global evaluation of new
product performance to
guarantee reliability of
customer manufacturing
process and final application
of use (mission profile)
· Final disposition for product
test, control and monitoring
1 Conception 3 Qualification
2 Design &
validation
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3Reference safety architecture
This section reports the details of the STM32F2 Series safety architecture.
3.1 Safety architecture introduction
The STM32F2 Series microcontroller analyzed in this document can be used as a compliant item within different
safety applications.
The aim of this section is to identify such compliant item and therefore to define the context of the analysis in
terms of assumptions with respect to a reference concept definition. This concept definition includes therefore
reference safety requirements as also assumptions on the design external to the defined compliant item.
As a consequence of compliant item approach, the goal is not to provide an exhaustive hazard and risk analysis
of the system around the microcontroller, but rather to list the system-related information considered during the
analysis. Such information include - among others - application related assumptions for dangerousness factors,
frequency of failures and diagnostic coverage already guaranteed by the application.
3.2 Compliant item
This section includes all the information related to the definition of the compliant item, including its usage in
different safety architecture schemes.
3.2.1 Definition of the compliant item
According to IEC 61508:1 clause 8.2.12, a compliant item is any item (for example an element) on which a claim
is being made with respect to the clauses of IEC 61508 series. With respect to its user, at the end of its
development the compliant item must be described by a safety manual.
In this document, the compliant item is defined as a system including one or two STM32 microcontrollers (MCU)
(see Figure 2.). The communication bus is directly or indirectly connected to sensors and actuators.
Figure 2. Definition of the compliant item
Remote
controller
Remote
controller
Remote
controller
Remote
controller
Sensor
Actuator
S
S
A
A
Processing element
Compliant item
STM
MCU(s)
Other components might be related to the compliant item, like the external HW components needed to guarantee
either the functionality of the STM32F2 Series (external memory, clock quartz etc) or its safety (for example the
external watchdog, voltage supervisors).
Defined compliant item can be classified as “element” according IEC61508-4, 3.4.5.
3.2.2 Safety functions performed by the compliant item
In essence, the compliant item architecture can be represented as composed by the following processes
performing the safety function or part of it:
• Input processing elements (PEi) reading safety related data from the remote controller connected to the
sensor(s) and transferring them to the following computation elements;
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• Computation processing elements (PEc) performing the algorithm required by the safety function and
transferring the results to the following output elements;
• Output processing elements (PEo) transferring safety related data to the remote controller connected to the
actuator;
• In the case of the 1oo2 architecture, a further voting processing element (PEv) can be present;
• Processes external to the compliant item are considered to guarantee safety integrity, such as a watchdog
(WDTe) and voltage monitors (VMONe).
The role of the PEv and of the external processes WDTe and VMONe is clarified in the sections where the CoU
(definition of safety mechanism) are detailed:
• WDTe: refer to Independent watchdog – VSUP_SM_2, Control flow monitoring in application software –
CPU_SM_1,
• VMONe: refer to Supply Voltage Monitoring – VSUP_SM_1.
In summary, STM32F2 Series microcontrollers support the implementation of end user safety functions composed
by three operations:
• Safe acquisition of safety related data from input peripheral(s).
• Safe execution of application software program and safe computation of related data.
• Safe transfer of results or decisions to output peripheral(s).
Claims on the compliant item and computation of safety metrics are done with respect to these three basic
operations.
According to above reported definition for implemented safety functions, the compliant item i.e. the element can
be regarded as type B (as per IEC61508-2, 7.4.4.1.2 definition). Despite accurate, exhaustive and detailed failure
analysis has been done for STM32F2 Series, this device has to be considered intrinsically complex and therefore
type B classification is appropriate.
Two main safety architecture are therefore identified: 1oo1 (using one MCU) and 1oo2 (using two MCUs).
3.2.3 Reference safety architectures - 1oo1
In 1oo1 reference architecture (shown in below Figure 3.) the safety integrity of the compliant item is guaranteed
by the combination of STM32F2 Series internal processes (implemented safety mechanisms) and external
processes WDTe and VMONe.
Target for 1oo1 reference architecture is SIL2.
Figure 3. 1oo1 reference architecture
PEc Actuators
WDTe
Sensors
VMONe
PEoPEi
PEd
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3.2.4 Reference safety architectures - 1oo2
1oo2 reference architecture (shown in below Figure 4.) is composed by two separate channels, each of them
implemented in the same way of 1oo1 reference architecture. Safety integrity of each channel is guaranteed by
the combination of STM32F2 Series internal processes (implemented safety mechanisms) and external
processes WDTe and VMONe. Safety integrity of overall compliant item is guaranteed by the external voter PEv
allowing to claim HFT=1. Achievement of higher safety integrity levels as per IEC61508-2 Table 3 is therefore
possible. Appropriate separation between the two channels (including power supply separation) should be
implemented in order to avoid huge impact of common-cause failures (refer to Section 4.2 Dependent failures
analysis). βD computation is anyway required.
Target for 1oo2 reference architecture is SIL3.
Figure 4. 1oo2 reference architecture
Actuators
Sensors
VMONe
PEc PEoPEi
PEd
WDTeVMONe
PEv
PEc PEoPEi
PEd
WDTe
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3.3 Assumed requirements
This section collects all assumptions done during the safety analysis of STM32F2 Series microcontrollers
3.3.1 Assumed safety requirements
The concept specification, the hazard and risk analysis, the overall safety requirement specification and the
consequent allocation has determined the requirements for the compliant item (ASR: assumed safety
requirements) listed here below.
Caution: It is the end user’s responsibility to check the compliance of the final application with these assumptions.
ASR1: The compliant item can be used for four kinds of safety functions mode of operations according part 4,
3.5.16:
• A continuous mode or high-demand SIL3 safety function (CM3), or
• A low-demand SIL3 safety function (LD3), or
• A continuous mode or high-demand SIL2 safety function (CM2), or
• A low-demand SIL2 safety function (LD2).
ASR2: The compliant item is used to implement a safety function allowing a time budget of 10 ms (worst case) for
the STM32 MCU to detect and react to a failure. That time corresponds to the portion of the Process Safety Time
allocated to STM32F2 Series MCUs (“STM32xx Series duty” in the figure below) in error reaction chain at system
level.
Figure 5. Allocation and target for STM32 PST
System-level PST
MCU detection FW reaction SW reaction Actuator reaction
STM32xx Series duty End user duty ….
ASR3: The compliant item is used in a safety function that can be continuously powered-on for a time higher than
8 hours. It is assumed to not require any proof test and the lifetime of the product is considered to be not less than
10 years.
ASR4: It is assumed that only one safety function is performed or if many, all functions are classified with the
same SIL and therefore they are not distinguishable in terms of their safety requirements.
ASR5: In case of multiple safety functions implementations, it is assumed that end user is responsible to
guarantee their needed mutual independence.
ASR6: It is assumed that there are no “non-safety related” functions implemented in application software and
coexisting with the safety functions.
ASR7: It is assumed that the implemented safety function(s) is not depending on STM32F2 Series MCU transition
to and from a low-power state.
ASR8: The local safe state of the compliant item is the one in which either:
• SS1: the application software is informed by the presence of a fault and a reaction by the application
software itself is possible
• SS2: the application software cannot be informed by the presence of a fault or the application software is not
able to execute a reaction (1)
1. The end user must take into account that random hardware failures affecting the STM32 can compromise the MCU
capability of operating properly (for example failure modes affecting the program counter prevent the correct execution of
software).
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