This article by Alex Ivchenko, from the May issue of Embedded Systems Programming magazine, explains how real-time extensions (e.g. RTLinux and RTAI) can be used to add real-time functionality to Linux systems. Ivchenko provides a detailed understanding of how RTLinux and RTAI work, indicates how they differ from each other, and gives a thorough, step-by-step account of how to install, configure,… and use RTLinux. Ivchenko writes . . .

“While market analysts and others focusing on the business side of computers have become aware of the growing importance of Linux, a secondary market exists with potentially just as much impact: real-time extensions for Linux. Indeed, engineers designing embedded systems have come to embrace Linux as a genuine alternative to more traditional real-time operating systems . . . “

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