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Breaking News:
2009-06-10 12:00
New waves with Linux
Analyze the temporal relationship of Linux tasks using the kernel tracer
2009-06-09 12:00
Mainline Realtime Linux (PREEMPT_RT) 2.6.29 declared "Latest Stable"
Upgrade to 2.6.29.4-rt17 and enjoy better performance and responsiveness of the Linux kernel than ever before
2009-06-02 12:00
Do you need a graphical user interface for your embedded system?
The Linux kernel is ideally suitable for all variants of embedded systems - but many devices need a GUI on top of it. The Qt toolkit and services ...
2009-05-30 12:00
Meet Linux real time kernel developers at RTLWS11
Everything you always wanted to know about Linux real time but were afraid to ask
2009-04-16 12:00
OSADL welcomes its new members
Intel, SERCOS International & SYSGO join OSADL - meet them at our Open Source conference at the Hannover Fair 2009 |
Open Source Software for Automation and Other Industries
- Need a Linux driver?
Once upon a time, a project manager ...
Project Manager: "We need to get someone to develop a Linux driver for our new machine controller. Here's a purchase order for the work."
Purchase Department: "Okay. Let me check the purchase order to make sure it follows our standard procedure: NDA to be executed, source going into company's safe ... "
Project Manager: "Nope, we're going with Open Source - source gets published to the Internet."
Purchase Department: "What? We're paying for the development but the source code goes out to the Internet? If everybody can use the source code, why are we the only ones paying for this? No way this can fly!"
The solution
Open Source is a way to get a broader community to help with development and to share in its costs. OSADL allows those members interested in developing particular Open Source software to come together in an OSADL project supported by membership fees. With the agreement of a majority of members, OSADL can delegate the development of Open Source software components. Thus, what is (financially) impossible for the individual (company), many (OSADL members) can do.
- Implement realtime capabilities of the mainline Linux kernel
Realtime Linux Kernel, provide professional quality assurance, take care of regular releases of stable versions and organize workshops on Realtime Linux. - Prepare mechanisms to allow for the certification of the Linux kernel Safety Critical Linux
- Tweak existing off-tree drivers for inclusion into the mainline Linux kernel Upstream Submission
- Define minimal requirements of board support packages, install a testing laboratory and certify the conformance of computer boards with these requirements Board Support Packages
- Port the Xenomai Real-Time Framework for Linux to native Linux Xenomai/SOLO
- Provide a compatibility layer to use RTDM-based drivers under RT-Preempt RTDM-native
- "Immediate C": Develop PLC-like control applications in (extended) C language Immediate C
- Develop a stand-alone trigger generator and long-term digital time delay recorder and make it available on loan OSADL Latency Measurement Box
- Support the development of the kvm module in such a way that running a guest system does not interfere with the realtime capabilities of the host system Realtime-kvm
- Define a universal framework to access fieldbus devices from the application level FAPI
- Provide support for real-time Ethernet boards to the Linux kernel Real-time Ethernet
- Add realtime Linux support for Coldfire (68knommu) to RT-Preempt Coldfire