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Introduction to Functional Safety of Control Systems

Introduction What is Functional Safety? IEC/EN 62061 and EN ISO 13849-1:2008 Joint Technical Report on IEC/EN 62061 and EN ISO 13849-1 SIL and IEC/EN 62061 PL and EN ISO 13849-1 Comparison of PL and SIL
PL and EN ISO 13849-1

EN ISO 13849-1 does not use the term SIL; instead it uses the term PL (Performance Level). In many respects PL can be related to SIL. There are five performance levels, PLa is the lowest and PLe is the highest.