Given PXI's roots in the PC field, it is no wonder that Windows is the dominant operating system for PXI system software. For some applications, however, Windows is not a good match to system ...

The best part about real-time OS (RTOS) availability in 2024 is that we developers are positively spoiled for choice, but as a corollary this also makes it a complete pain to determine what the ...

In the embedded/real-time arena, where operating system licensing costs are high and so are the stakes, the usage of an open-source operating system such as Linux has many advantages. Apart from the ...

This article discusses the nature of real-time and system parameters that affect performance and highlights the core improvements in performance and responsiveness provided by the 2.6 kernel.

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

Most of the computers we interact with on a day-to-day basis use an operating system designed for flexibility. While these are great tools for getting work done or scrolling your favorite sites ...

The work done on real-time Linux has benefitted the open-source OS for years, but it was only this week that Linus Torvalds admitted its last piece into the mainline kernel. Exactly what took so long?

Research Project Outline This research aims to develop an dependable operating sys-tem that has realtime, reliability, safety, and maintenance availability functions for robotics application. The ...

This article explores exactly what features to look for when selecting a development tool for building real-time embedded audio systems.

Many real-time systems need a database. However, choosing one can be challenging depending on performance requirements.