But there are also “soft real-time systems,” where timeliness is also important, but the deadline is not as firm. For example, a text message is expected to be delivered somewhat timely, say within 20 ...

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 ...

As an example of a hard real-time scenario, imagine a system where the embedded controller has to respond to incoming sensor data within a specific timespan. If the consequence of missing such a ...

Also: 5 Linux commands you should never run (and why) One example of real-time operating systems in use today is VxWorks, which is used in NASA's Mars rovers to guide them, and in the Boeing 787 ...

It will likely change things for what had been, until now, specialty providers of real-time OS solutions for mission-critical systems. Ubuntu, for example, started offering a real-time version of ...