FSMLabs claims that its recently released RTCore 2.0 flattens the learning curve for users of its RTLinux hard real-time OS. To prove the point, the company has now published several pages of coding examples meant to illustrate this new simplicity.

According to FSMLabs Product Manager Matt Sherer, the coding examples are meant to demonstrate how RTCore's standard POSIX environment and automated build system equate to familiarity and ease-of-use for programmers accustomed to working with non-real-time UNIX variants.

After a brief introduction, the “Demonstration of RTCore Technology” provides coding examples of the following:

• Hello world
• Real-time threads
• Real-time FIFOs
• Shared memory
• Semaphores
• Mutexes

Following the examples, a conclusion states, “If you've done POSIX programming before, not a single item in any of the examples should have been new to you at all.”

“We're really focusing on minimizing developer spin-up time,” said Sherer. “Every minute spent trying to master a new and obscure API is a liability. Our goal is to ensure that developers can make effective use of their time.”

 
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