Board support package (BSP) specialist TimeSys has added another high-profile name to its growing list of single board computer (SBC) partners, announcing Oct. 2003 availability of its Linux RTOS SDK for Motorola's MVME5500 single board computer.

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The MVME5500 is Motorola's top of the line VMEbus SBC, and is marketed to OEMs in defense and aerospace, industrial automation, and medical imaging. “Customers looking for a 'technology refresh' for their application while maintaining backward compatibility with their existing VMEbus infrastructure can upgrade to the MVME5500 series and take advantage of the enhanced performance features,” claims Motorola.

TimeSys' Linux RTOS SDK includes a royalty-free, ready to run single-kernel Linux RTOS with carrier-class features as well as cross-platform (Windows and Linux) development tools licensed on a per-developer basis. The company hopes its MVME5500 support package will help Motorola customers build motion control, command and control, radar, sonar, and guidance applications.

TimeSys has partnered with many other SBC vendors in the last several years, including IBM, Kontron, Artesyn, Ampro, Dy 4, Cyclone, and SuperH. TimeSys says it delivers its Linux RTOS ready to run on 70 unique embedded platforms spanning eight processor architectures and 35 processors.

“Our relationship with Motorola provides MVME5500 customers with a true real-time Linux solution capable of the performance levels offered by traditional proprietary RTOSs, with all the benefits of the Linux operating system,” said TimeSys CEO Larry Weidman.

Jerry Gipper, director of marketing at Motorola Computer Group, said, “Motorola's VME customers now have a royalty-free, ready to run Linux solution that provides completely predictable, real-time response under any load.”

 
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