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From: Brian Drummond <brian@shapes.demon.co.uk>
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Subject: Re: Getting started with bare-board development
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On Fri, 11 Nov 2016 17:19:33 -0500, Adam Jensen wrote:


> 
> Also, do ARM processors make sense for safety critical systems? If not,
> would it make more sense to target a different platform from the
> beginning?

Just to address this point : TI make two ARM processor families, the TI 
Hercules, aimed at safety critical applications.

They consist of dual ARMs in lockstep with comparators, (actually one 
operates 2 cycles behind the other, so that a glitch will affect 
different cycles on each) so that any difference between CPU behaviours 
will trap.

(What the trap handler does is up to your application, I presume)

One's aimed at automotive, the other at industrial, with slight 
differences in temperature range, on-chip peripherals, etc. 

There's a low cost Launchpad devboard for them.

-- Brian