A vendor of high-speed sensor I/O, data recording, and bus analysis hardware is offering Linux BSPs (board support packages) with several products. VMetro says its Vortex Recorder and PowerMIDAS 5000 I/O controller now support Linux, and are compatible with TimeSys TimeStorm Linux Development Kits.

VMetro offers its Vortex Record product in CompactPCI, Industrial PC (2U or 4U), and VME (pictured above) versions. The Vortex boards and systems enable real-time data recording to be integrated into high-performance data acquisition systems, the company says. Target applications include surveillance, signal intelligence, and telemetry, as well as semiconductor and medical imaging systems.

VMetro's PowerMIDAS 5000 I/O controllers are carrier cards optimized for high-performance I/O and future expandability. They include two PMC sites, three independent PCI-X buses, and up to two 2 Gb/s Fibre or two Gigabit Ethernet ports. They are available in VME (pictured at right) or CompactPCI versions.

VMetro says its VME and CompactPCI-based products support embedded Linux distributions based on version 2.6 of the open-source Linux kernel, for improved real-time performance. These distributions are compatible with TimeStorm Linux Development Kits from TimeSys, it says.

VMetro products based on industrial PCs support most available Linux distributions, the company says.

VMetro's product manager, Harald Schibbye, said, “We expect the introduction of Linux to open up new application areas and make our application framework more accessible to customers who want to carry out their own software development on our platforms for high-performance embedded computing and recording.”

 
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