To Know the PC Based Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)

IntervalZero Transform Windows into a Real-Time Operating System IntervalZero is a Microsoft Embedded Gold Partner and was recognized as a leading partner in both North America and EMEA in 2009 and 2010, 2011 & 2012.

IntervalZero’s experience and expertise in embedded technology extends back to 1980 with the founding of its predecessor company, VenturCom, which developed the technology that led to Microsoft’s first embedded operating system.

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IntervalZero’s customer- centered philosophy combined with more than three decades of embedded software innovation, and the proven value of our RTX hard real-time software, which transforms Windows into a real-time operating system (RTOS), have enabled us to build a global customer base of market-leading OEMs and end users in Industrial

Automation, Medical Systems, Digital Media, Test & Measurement, Military & Aerospace, and other industries.

Real-Time Operating System (RTOS)

A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system that works in real time, with deterministic constraints that require efficient time usage and power to process incoming data and relay the expected results without any unknown or unexpected delays. RTOS software is time dependent, meaning that it should process input and offer output within a short predetermined deterministic period. However the key to an RTOS, and the most important demand of RTOS software is that a request and response for data is guaranteed to occur. If a Windows OS has request and response calls that are fast 90% of the time, yet the remaining 10% of the time an input/output request takes too long, then the real-time application is not performing correctly. Thus an RTOS is not meant to be only fast, it is more importantly meant to be dependable.

Types Of RTOS Soft real-time systems Meeting command deadlines in soft real-time operating systems is not compulsory for every task. However, the systems should always give the expected results. A soft RTOS requires that a response be logically correct and occur before a certain deadline or the result becomes increasingly inaccurate. Essentially the result can still hold some value even though it occurred after the required deadline.

Hard real-time systems A hard real-time system is a time constrained and deterministic system that responds within a specified time frame. They are dictated by deadlines, latency and time constraints. For instance, if an output is expected within 10 seconds, the system should process the input and give out the output by the 10th second. Note that the output should not be released by the 9th or 11th second to prevent the system from failing.

Real-Time Operating System (RTOS) Platform Vision IntervalZero has been developing an RTOS (Real-Time Operating System) platform – similar in power to those of iPhone and Android – that is designed for complex, powered systems. Standard Windows-driven PCs and IntervalZero’s symmetric multiprocessing-enabled RTX (32-bit) and RTX64 (64bit) real-time software are key components of a standard, pre-integrated RTOS platform for building the many complex hard real-time applications that also require the sophisticated user interface Windows provides.

OEMs and end users in industries such as Industrial Automation, Digital Media, Medical, Aerospace/Defense, and Test and Measurement have used the RTOS Platform for years. Today, IntervalZero is enhancing the platform by preintegrating and testing more application components, allowing OEM’s to jumpstart projects to get to market faster and to penetrate new markets.

IntervalZero offers RTX and RTX64  Reduces the product cost of the compute platform by 25-50%  Reduces the operational costs of producing and supporting product by 1020%  Shortens the cycle time of getting new generations of products to market  Increases market share by opening new markets not previously reachable and doing so profitably RTX and RTX64 are unique in that they support the creation of a single, integrated system that executes a Windows-based HMI and the real-time system in parallel with SMP architecture on a single PC.

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