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Embedded Software and Operating Systems
News Release from: SDC Systems | Subject: RTLinuxPro
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 20 October 2006
Flight information system runs on
real-time Linux
The real-time Linux solution, RTLinuxPro from FSMLabs, is shipping in the just released Gen4 EFIS/One glass cockpit from Blue Mountain Avionics.
The real-time Linux solution, RTLinuxPro from FSMLabs, is shipping in the just released Gen4 EFIS/One glass cockpit from Blue Mountain Avionics The electronic flight information system, EFIS/One, is a state-of-the-art, complete glass cockpit designed specifically for experimental aircraft that is fast becoming the standard choice of sport pilots from RV drivers to L-39 jet jockeys
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 26 Jan 2006 at 8.00am (UK)
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"The reliability and power of RTLinux and the absolutely premium support we received from FSMLabs are keys to us getting this product out to our customers", said Greg Richter, President of Blue Mountain Avionics.
FSMLabs RTLinuxPro combines a ruggedised embedded Linux with the RTCore hard real-time operating system and everything else necessary to deploy a device.
"Our goal is to allow device developers to focus on their products instead of on the operating system, bootloaders and filesystem", said FSMLabs CTO Cort Dougan, "and Blue Mountain's rapid adjustment to their first Linux product was another validation of our architecture".
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EFIS/One has solid-state instruments for: airspeed, altitude and VSI, magnetically slaved all-attitude compass, HSI, solid state AHRS (attitude heading reference system), a 12 channel GPS navigation engine and the highest resolution 3D terrain available.
There's also a built in digital autopilot with altitude hold and ILS capture, a full air data computer with fuel burn and fuel totalising functions, a flight planning system and digital monitoring of up to 32 engine gauges.
The built in flight recorder and the new flight performance software, monitors flights, engine performance and much more.
One L39 pilot states: "Once you fly with an EFIS/One, you'll wonder how you ever flew without it".
FSMLabs patented hard real-time virtualisation technology decouples the Posix RTCore real-time kernel from an embedded Linux (or BSD Unix) client operating system that is completely preemptible by time critical code.
Developers can control motors, acquire data, and move packets in real-time, while also taking advantage of the enterprise software platform provided by Linux.
The Linux system provides a complete, fully functional, enterprise class platform operating system with a complete set of development tools, sophisticated networking and storage, and comprehensive security, all running under the modular Posix API hard real-time RTCore kernel.
FSMLabs Embedded Enterprise initiative aims at exploiting the productive synergy between state of the art Posix real-time in FSMLabs RTCore and the sophisticated capabilities and rich base of drivers, middleware and applications available on the Linux and BSD clients.
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