Operating system suits use in harsh environments

Edited by the Electronicstalk editorial team Jul 17, 2008

The initial joint project involved the installation of PikeOS together with PIP10 in a safety-critical application for drive assistance in a huge excavator.

Sysgo's PikeOS is available on MPL's rugged PIP10 platform, enabling the use of virtualisation technologies in extreme environments.

PikeOS allows multiple operating system APIs to run concurrently on one hardware platform, such as Posix, Linux and Java, allow industrial manufacturers to re-use legacy code in long product lifecycles.

"Through its virtualisation technology, PikeOS offers a powerful potential of reduction in cost and time for software-intensive products and products with long lifecycles", explains Jacques Brygier, Vice President Marketing of Sysgo.

"Virtualisation allows the re-use of well-tested, existing applications in combination with new functionality without loss of performance".

The initial joint project involved the installation of PikeOS together with PIP10 in a safety-critical application for drive assistance in a huge excavator.

PikeOS also supports the x86, PowerPC and MIPS families of processors.

The supported personalities include PikeOS Native, Arinc-653, Linux, Posix and Osek, as well as personalities involving partners or third parties like Java, Ada, uItron, CoDeSys and FidelityVCF.