Renesas H8SX/1658R, User Manual

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Rev. 2.00 Sep. 08, 2008 Page iii of vi
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g h quality and reliability such as safety systems, or equipment or systems for transportation and
traffic, healthcare, combustion control, aerospace and aeronautics, nuclear power, or undersea communication
transmission. If you are considerin
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8. Notwithstandin g the precedin g para g raph, you should not use Renesas products for the purposes listed below:
(1) artificial life support devices or systems
(2) sur
g ical implantations
(3) healthcare intervention (e. g ., excision, administration of medication, etc.)
(4) any other purposes that pose a direct threat to human life
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Technolo g y Corp., its affiliated companies and their officers, directors, and employees a g ainst any and all
dama g es arisin g out of such applications.
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to the maximum ratin g , operatin g supply volta g e ran g e, movement power volta g e ran g e, heat radiation
characteristics, installation and other product characteristics. Renesas shall have no liability for malfunctions or
dama
g es arisin g out of the use of Renesas products beyond such specified ran g es.
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characteristics such as the occurrence of failure at a certain rate and malfunctions under certain use
conditions. Please be sure to implement safety measures to
g uard a g ainst the possibility of physical injury, and
injury or dama g e caused by fire in the event of the failure of a Renesas product, such as safety desi g n for
hardware and software includin g but not limited to redundancy, fire control and malfunction prevention,
appropriate treatment for a g in g de g radation or any other applicable measures. Amon g others, since the
evaluation of microcomputer software alone is very difficult, please evaluate the safety of the final products or
system manufactured by you.
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