Editor’s Choice Products Android developers benefit from safe RTOS PikeOS
So, have you noticed the preponderance of Android on everything and everywhere? Yep – even in rugged applications, my friends. So those zany developers at SYSGO have decided to toss Android developers a lifeline by letting it run as a guest OS in version 3.2 of PikeOS. SYSGO will develop a new Personality executive environment for Android within the virtualized safety and/or security constraints on the same hardware host device.
The Android Personality will work on separate sets of resources within the same machine, with resource separation enforced by PikeOS’s microkernel. This microkernel is lightweight and designed to be used in cost-sensitive, resource- constrained devices in both single- and multi-core environments. Typical processor architectures include: x86, PowerPC, QorIQ, MIPS, ARM, SPARC, and SH. Both AMP and SMP architectures are supported, and the RTOS is certifiable to safety standards including DO-178B, IEC 61508, and EN 50128.
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www.mil-embedded.com/p47652 Double-wide AMC plus double cores completes MicroTCA equation
Crunching math and computing algorithms forms the basis of many C4ISR applications. The sensors reel in the data, while the processors slice and dice the bytes into a reconnaissance picture. Adding maximum horsepower in the minimum available space is the norm, and Kontron’s AM5020 Advanced Mezzanine Card (AMC) is one way of leveraging telecom processing in military applications. Based on an Intel dual-core Core i7 CPU, the AMC bolts onto a base card (not unlike the COM Express concept for which Kontron is famous) to form a MicroTCA system. MicroTCA, you might recall, has gained some favor in military applications because it can be ruggedized, leverages COTS modules, and eschews the backplane concept found in VME and VPX LRUs.
With memory controller, PCIe Gen2 I/O, and Intel HD graphics, the processor couples tightly with an Intel QM 57 platform controller hub. This module, with a MicroTCA.1 faceplate and PICMG AMC.1/.2/.3 sub-spec compatibility, makes a complete system. There are 8 PCIe lanes, 4 GbE interfaces, and 6 SATA II channels. The AM5020 can be equipped with an onboard 2.5-inch HDD or up to 32 GB of securely fastened SATA flash. Two USB interfaces, a DVI-D port, two more GbE, and a serial port route to the front panel. And since this is an AMC designed to work with AdvancedTCA, that means IPMI, shelf management, Module Management Controller (MMC), and other high-availability PICMG features are baked in. This is one equation that all adds up.
Kontron •
www.kontron.com •
www.mil-embedded.com/p47435
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