Terra Soft Solutions and FSMLabs have announced that RTLinux for PowerPC will be included in the next release of Terra Soft's Black Lab Linux distribution, and also in future releases of Champion Server. RTLinux adds hard realtime capabilities to Linux, allowing Linux to reliably control machines, robots, data acquisition devices, telecommunications switches, and other systems having precise timing… constraints.

RTLinux on the PowerPC offers realtime interrupt handlers with worst case latencies under 14 microseconds and precise periodic thread scheduling. RTLinux follows the POSIX 1003.13 PSE51 profile: it is a small, highly optimized, realtime kernel where the POSIX threads and signals API's available to support hard realtime applications running close to the bare machine.

RTLinux runs Linux as its lowest priority thread. Realtime threads use signals, shared memory and a read/write device interface to communicate with Linux user processes so that application developers are able to draw on the full power of Linux for everything from networking to data bases, without sacrificing realtime performance.

RTLinux users include NASA, Compaq, the Jim Henson Muppet Factory, and numerous manufacturers of machine tools and robotic systems.

Further information may be obtained on the web, at:
www.fsmlabs.com
www.rtlinux.com
www.terrasoftsolutions.com
www.blacklablinux.com

Related stories:
RTLinux V3.0 beta available for download
RTLinux.com
RTLinux: a real-time Linux
The RTLinux Manifesto
RTLinux — an interview with Victor Yodaiken

 
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