Start
• A
Solution? •
Best
of Both Worlds •
Two
Approaches •
A
Win32 Compatible RTOS
• Development
Process •
Scalability
•
Software
& Sources
BEST
OF BOTH WORLDS
Windows NT and 95 just
weren’t designed for embedded systems. Why not
use a system designed for such environments that has
a Win32-compatible API?
This solution combines
the advantages of Windows NT with those of real-time
systems. And, being Win32 compatible doesn’t
compromise any of the features you’d expect from
an embedded-systems OS. The system equirements would
include:
- Win32-compatible
API
- real-time extensions
to the Win32 API
- support for mainstream
Win32 development tools
- support for standard
run-time systems
- scalability
- access to the computer
hardware at the application level
Besides the Win32-specific
features, the system should provide general features
needed for real-time and embedded systems programming:
- low interrupt latencies
- memory protection
- deterministic real-time
scheduling
- low resource requirements
- ROMability
- ease of use and powerful
debug capabilities
- low or no run-time
royalties
