A new IEEE Reliability Prediction Committee initiative is
being developed.
COTS Reliability Prediction Guide
Dr. Samuel Keene
Commercial off the shelf equipment (COTS) is an increasingly larger
portion of today's systems. COTS potentially offers a faster time to
market, lower cost and a reliability advantage. The Path Finder space
probe to Mars was COTS based. It was economical and successful!
I am interested in identifying reliability engineers interested in cooperatively
developing a COTS Reliability Prediction Guide. My goal is to develop a one page guide for
each identified COTS type. This would include disk drives, monitors, modems, tape drives,
RF receivers, etc., any equipment that is popularly used. The data sheet would be a
reference for these devices providing:
- product variations
- application rationale (eg. when do you use a switching supply vs. a
linear) - failure rate and its source
- significant application factors that impact reliability, e.g. the temperature sensitivity, or mounting technique
- predominant failure modes
- any wear out characteristics
- any special considerations
Please contact me at RAMS or at my email address below stating your interest in
participating. I want to complete this activity and release our results as an IEEE
standard, all within the next 3-6 months.
Samuel J Keene at:
s.keene@ieee.orgDistribute Freely.
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