The Ideal RTOS

Overview

This webinar discusses the trade-offs, advantages and disadvantages between a commercial and an in-house RTOS implementation.

In a modern embedded system, all but the most simplistic software applications are based upon a real-time operating system [RTOS]. This software component may be purchased from a commercial vendor or developed in house. There are also alternative possible sources for the code.

A wide range of factors, both technical and commercial, determine whether a commercial or in-house implementation makes sense. This session carefully analyses the implications of these factors and the various trade-offs, recognizing the wide-ranging variability in embedded designs. The advantages and disadvantages or both a commercial RTOS and an in-house implementation are outlined and reviewed in detail. Background, real-world examples are used to illustrate some of the conclusions.

Additionally, the following RTOS standards will be reviewed and their implication on future designs considered: POSIX, microITRON, OSEK/VDX and Java.

What You Will Learn

• The trade-offs between a commercial and an in-house RTOS
• What questions to ask an RTOS vendor
• How commercial and technical issues need to be balanced
• Where open-source fits into the picture
• Why OS standards are interesting