When selecting the optimal OS for an embedded systems project it is important to compare the available options – will RTOS or Linux serve best? asks Graeme Wintle. At a top level, the choice is ...

Embedded Linux already dominates multiple application spaces ... RTOS I/O Concepts The word that best describes most I/O in RTOS-based systems is informal. Most RTOSes were designed for older MMU-less ...

Consequently, a processor running embedded Linux would have a "Linux system-services container," and a processor running an RTOS would have an "RTOS system-services container." To continue with ...

For example, I’ve put embedded systems that use an RTOS directly on the internet without protection, and they went weeks without ever being compromised. I once put a Linux-based system on the internet ...

However, commercial RTOS, while designed to satisfy the reliability and ... the Linux community is not only completely legal—it's encouraged! Real-Time Linux Many embedded systems require predictable ...

Real-time operating systems (RTOS) and Linux each bring their own advantages for embedded-systems designers. With an RTOS, designers can build deterministic multi-threaded applications with low ...

The difference this time around for Motorola, she said, is that Lineo offers a Linux RTOS, whereas LynuxWorks did not. Development of a competitive RTOS has been the recent focus of many in the ...

whereas Linux was designed to be a general-purpose operating system. Transforming Linux into an RTOS There have been many attempts over the past several years to improve the real-time performance of ...

Over the past two years, the number of Linux embedded projects has soared, eclipsing some stalwart embedded operating systems and even challenging the industry-leading VxWorks RTOS from Wind River on ...

For LynuxWorks, which sells both standard Linux and the LynxOS RTOS, the result makes a compelling ... by developers of real-time and embedded systems and devices. Will LynxOS be able to take ...