Excalibur draws RTOS support

The latest version of the OSE real-time operating system is optimised for Altera's Excalibur embedded processor solutions.

The latest version of the OSE real-time operating system is optimised for Altera's Excalibur embedded processor solutions.

With Altera and OSE Systems, customers building communications and safety-critical systems can now design platforms for next-generation network infrastructures and mission-critical applications with 99.999% availability, also known as high availability.

Altera's Excalibur devices, with an ARM922TT processor subsystem integrated with an FPGA architecture, and OSE's high-availability RTOS allow customers to take advantage of a close integration of high-performance custom logic for system-on-a-programmable-chip (SoPC) designs.

"OSE's board support package (BSP) for Altera's Excalibur EPXA10 development board makes it possible to integrate a high-performance data-path fabric while running a robust operating system in critical communications applications within the control plane", said Anders Flodin, director of strategic alliances at OSE.

"Altera customers can now exploit the advantages of high reliability and high availability associated with the OSE operating system".

"Telecommunications applications that demand high-performance custom logic combined with a high-performance processor can now also take advantage of an operating system designed specifically for these markets", said Joe Hanson, director of Excalibur applications and marketing at Altera.

"Altera and OSE have worked together for some time to develop real-time software applications, and the introduction of this BSP gives our customers access to a new level of integration".

The BSP from OSE runs on Altera's EPXA10 development kit.

In addition to the functions normally provided in an OSE BSP, OSE for Excalibur devices includes support for PLD loading and support for the Ethernet MAC MegaCore logic function.

The EPXA10 development kit comes complete with an EPXA10 development board and a full software suite, including SOPC Builder for system generation of hardware and software, the Excalibur Solutions Pack with demo/evaluation software, and documentation.

The entire package also works seamlessly with Altera's Quartus II software.

The OSE development license starts at $8000 and the OSE BSP for the EPXA10 development board is available immediately for $3000 in the USA.

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