Date: 24/03/2009

New RTOS kernel for defense, aerospace and such critical applications

If your search is for a new RTOS kernel for a mission critical embedded system application like defense and aerospace, check this new HeartOS, a new less memory consuming (called lightweight) real-time operating system with POSIX Profile 51 interfaces from DDC-1.
This kernel features real-time TCP/IP stack and journaling file system.

DDC-I said, this real time embedded software is currently undergoing certification to DO-178B Level A.

"HeartOS provides a compact, lightweight complement to our time and space partitioned Deos embedded OS that makes it ideal for small to medium sized safety critical applications," said Greg Rose, vice president of marketing at DDC-I. "HeartOS is compact, certifiable to the most stringent FAA software standards, and is designed utilizing POSIX profile 51 interfaces for maximum application portability. It also provides bounded networking support, a journaling file system, and complete development tool support."

HeartOS kernel provides POSIX scheduling, threads, semaphores, mutexes, barriers, condition variables, message queues, clocks and timers. This scalable and configurable OS is suggested for any 8-, 16- and 32-bit microprocessor based embedded systems.

The portable TCP/IP stack in HeartOS derived from the open source Light Weight TCP/IP (lwIP) stack comes with a standard BSD sockets network interface. It supports selective compilation for protocol options including ARP, UDP, TCP, and ICMP.

Pricing and Availability
HeartOS is priced at $3,200/year per seat and is available immediately.