When do you need to use a real-time operating system (RTOS) for an embedded project? What does it bring to the table, and what are the costs? Fortunately there are strict technical definitions, which ...

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 ...

A kernel can be defined as the essential center of an operating system. The kernel is the core of an operating system that provides a set of basic services for the other parts of the operating system.

Embedded computers can take the form of very small circuit boards that fit within a device, like a personal digital assistant or DIN rail-mount computer. They can also be as large as a single-board ...

Embedded system developers have a wide range of operating systems available to them today. Of course, the most straightforward operating system is to have no operating system! However, many systems ...

In today’s world of high-speed A/D converters operating in the gigahertz range, real-time signal recording has become a challenging task that requires specialized hardware and intelligent application ...

Embedded systems are deemed real-time if they will suffer a failure when a critical system event cannot be serviced in the required time, and for many embedded systems this time limit is very short.

In a patented approach to operating system design, RTLinux runs Linux itself as the lowest-priority task on a simplified real-time operating system. The design allows for developers to design systems ...

ALAMEDA, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Wind River ®, a global leader in delivering software for mission-critical intelligent systems, continues to lead the global embedded real-time operating system (RTOS) ...