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Realtime OS

Ensure that critical tasks are completed on time within defined and predictable time constraints.

Real-time OS Technology

Key Features

Enable real-time capabilities by optimizing preemptive scheduling and real-time interrupt handling mechanisms to meet high-precision and hard real-time control requirements.

Preempt-RT

Provide Preempt-RT installation package for Advantech's Ubuntu OS to enable Linux soft real-time capabilities.

Xenomai

Provide Xenomai installation package for Advantech's Ubuntu OS to enable hard Linux real-time capabilities.

Optimization

Optimization for system configurations & boot parameters with BIOS, GRUB & CPU isolation to improve real-time performance.

Real-Time OS Components

Linux & Ubuntu Real-Time on Intel x86, NVIDIA Jetson (Orin / Thor), Qualcomm (QCS / IQ), AMD and ARM SoCs

Preempt-RT

  • Basic Linux real-time functionality
  • Soft Real-Time Architecture
  • Threaded Interrupts
  • Low Latency / Low Jitter
  • High Compatibility with Mainline Linux
  • Lower Maintenance and Debugging Cost
  • Well-Suited for Industrial and Edge AI Applications

Xenomai

  • Advanced Linux real-time functionality
  • Hard Real-Time Architecture
  • Dual-Kernel / Co-Kernel Design
  • Real-Time API Support
  • Real-Time Interrupt and Scheduling Mechanism
  • Designed for High-Precision Control Applications
  • Coexistence with the Linux Ecosystem

Optimization

  • Platform & BIOS Settings
  • Boot & Kernel Parameters
  • CPU & IRQ Isolation
  • Scheduling & RT Mechanisms
  • Memory & I/O Behavior
  • User Space & System Services Control
  • Validation & Benchmark