Safety critical embedded developers take heed of Toyota's example

[Aristos Queue]

EDN Magazine has details of this week's ruling against Toyota in the unintended acceleration case. This report covers the investigation of the prosecution's lead expert witness who dug into Toyota's source code and development practices. Toyota was found guilty in the case on Oct. 24, 2013.

 

http://www.edn.com/design/automotive/4423428/Toyota-s-killer-firmware--Bad-design-and-its-consequences

 

 

[dannyt]

A interesting but very incomplete read.  It would have been good to read the article in full.

 

So other links on this

 

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319897 Acceleration Case: Jury Finds Toyota Liable

 

http://www.eetimes.com/document.asp?doc_id=1319903&page_number=2    Toyota Case: Single Bit Flip That Killed

[GregFreeman]

When I heard this, my first though was "I knew it." The software developers at my previous company were all saying 'there's no way this is mechanical, it's software.' Sure enough, 3 years later, they were proven right.