Socorro, NM — (press release excerpt) — FSMLabs today announced the new Open RTLinux v3.0 CD. Based on Red Hat 6.2 for x86 processors, it contains the RTLinux hard real-time kernel, the floppy disk-sized MiniRTL (for small footprint embedded applications), and the RTIC Lab real-time graphical interface, as well as a complete Linux distribution. In addition to standard manpage documentation, the CD also comes with a printed installation guide, an online quickstart guide and ready-to-compile example programs to get users rolling.

RTLinux v3.0 provides interrupt latency in the sub-10 microsecond range (worst case) for some embedded processors and in the sub-20 microsecond range (worst case) for standard PCs. The POSIX threads programming interface follows the POSIX 1003.13 PS51 standard for hard realtime systems. RTLinux development can make use of the Linux GNU toolset and the GDB debugger. RTLinux v3.0 can be also compiled to run on PowerPC and Alpha processors. Open RTLinux is released under the GPL Version 2 and Open RTLinux Patent Licenses.

 
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