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VxWin®? |
| What is VxWin®?
VxWorks® from Wind River is one of the leading real-time operating systems in the world. In numerous control or embedded solutions VxWorks® handles the real-time tasks combined with a Windows®-PC for visualization, database programming and/or ERP connection.
VxWin® allows Windows® XP(e)/Vista to be installed together with Wind River's VxWorks® on the same machine while keeping its full real-time capabilities.
The dual-OS system combining the universally known Windows® XP(e)/2000 communication and graphic capabilities with the powerful VxWin® hard real-time operating system offering many features and benefits: |
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VxWin® Features
- Multitasking, intertask communication
- Connectivity:
- Optional products available e.g.
- Web server, Java VM, VxDCOM
- Programming languages:
- Guaranteed response time within microseconds
- High resolution real-time timer
- Granularity 0.8 microseconds.
- Hardware access to ISA and PCI plug in boards.
- Communication between Windows and VxWorks
- via TCP/IP (virtual network).
- VxWorks® continues working after Windows Blue Screen
- Numerous software packages and drivers for VxWorks® are available on the market e.g.
- OPC server
- Drivers for field bus, measurement hardware
- and many more
- Powerful, graphical real-time analysis tools
- Comprehensive documentation
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VxWin® benefits
- No additional hardware costs to integrate VxWorks® application into aWidows-based environment
- No need for separate control hardware or intelligent co-processor boards
- Drastically increased MTBF due to less system components
- Helps reducing size and weight of the total system
- Reduced Software Costs
- Fast learning curve; known development tools
- Re-use of existing Windows® or VxWorks® software and know-how
- Non proprietary real-time extension
- Remote debug fully supported
- Product Scalability
- Use of the same VxWorks® application in an embedded system, e.g. with XScale architecture
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How to work with VxWin®?
- Use the Tornado development environment, not only to edit/compile but also to debug your VxWorks® applications.
- Develop and test your software alternatively on the same PC or remote.
- Just start and stop VxWorks after booting Windows® by using the Uploader Tool.
- Communication between Windows® XP and VxWorks® via
- shared memory or
- TCP/IP over a virtual network connection.
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New: VxWin Version 3.5
- Dual-Core Systems: VxWorks® now able to use the second CPU Core exclusively
- Interrupt-Latencies below 5 usec!
- Automatic detection of interrupt conflicts
- VxWorks® 5.4 .. 6.5
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| VxWin® is VxWorks® and Windows® XP / Vista |
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| NEWS |
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| At technology you will find further information about KUKA Roboter's new Virtual Machine Framework for single-core and multi-core systems for virtualizing Real-Time Operating Systems with Windows
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| RTOSWin Dowload |
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| Here you will find the latest versions of documentation and evaluation software of the RTOSWin products for download.
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