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Technical Release
The virtual safety control from Codesys, announced in 2023, has been technically approved and is awaiting certification by TÜV Süd. Once approved, the product is to be used in vehicle production at Audi.
The Codesys Group has been developing and marketing safety software that is certified according to IEC 61508 for more than 10 years. With Codesys Virtual Safe Control SL, the company announced a virtual safety control in 2023 that is to be certified for SIL3 applications independently of special hardware.
The new product has now gone through the technical approval process. This includes numerous integration tests and the processing of feedback from the certification institute, TÜV Süd. The institute has accompanied the development of the product from the beginning, evaluated risk analyses and approved the safety concept as early as the end of 2023. As soon as the certificate for Codesys Virtual Safe Control SL is available, Audi wants to be the first customer to integrate the virtual safety PLC into body construction production lines and use it in series production.
The certificate is expected to be available in December 2024. Audi and Codesys plan to put the first virtual safety controls into operation from mid-2025.