Training course: WELMEC 7.2 / MID software requirements

Training course

Welmec 7.2 / MID software requirements

02 – 03 April 2025

Overview
Duration: 2 days
Level: Intermediate/higher vocational education
Language: English
Maximum # of participants: 12
Minimum # of participants: 6
Investment: €835 per person, excluding VAT, including course documentation.
Location: On-line via Microsoft Teams©.

Software is an increasingly important component in numerous measuring instruments and systems. WELMEC 7.2 provides the basis for software requirements. Are you a measuring instrument or system designer? During this focused two-days training course, you learn everything you need to know about interpreting and applying WELMEC guide 7.2.

Content “WELMEC 7.2 / MID software requirements”
The course addresses the following subjects:

Terminology
• The use of WELMEC 7.2
• Overall structure of the guide
• Selecting the relevant parts of the guide
• How to deal with a requirement block

Basic requirements for:
• Embedded software in a built-for-purpose measuring instrument(Type P)
• Software in a universal device (Type U)

Extensions
• O: General purpose operating systems
• L: Storage of measurement data
• T: Transmission of measurement data via communication networks
• S: Software separation
• D: Download of legally relevant software
• I: Instrument-specific software requirements

Definition of risk classes
• General principle
• Description of levels for security, examination and conformity
• Derivation of risk classes
• Interpretation of risk classes

Template for test reports and checklists

Cross-links
• Between MID software requirements, MID articles and annexes