VxWorks is a real-time operating system developed as proprietary software by Wind River Systems, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Aptiv.
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10 Facts About VxWorks
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VxWorks comes with the kernel, middleware, board support packages, Wind River Workbench development suite and complementary third-party software and hardware technologies.
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VxWorks started in the late 1980s as a set of enhancements to a simple RTOS called VRTX sold by Ready Systems .
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Optional advanced technology for VxWorks provides add-on technology-related capabilities, such as:.
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VxWorks has been ported to a number of platforms and now runs on practically any modern CPU that is used in the embedded market.
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VxWorks provides a standard board support package interface between all its supported hardware and the OS.
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VxWorks uses the following host environments and target hardware architectures:.
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Eclipse-based Workbench IDE that comes with VxWorks is used to configure, analyze, optimize, and debug a VxWorks-based system under development.
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VxWorks 7 uses Wind River Workbench 4 which updates to the Eclipse 4 base provides full third party plug-in support and usability improvements.
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VxWorks is used by products across a wide range of market areas: aerospace and defense, automotive, industrial such as robots, consumer electronics, medical area and networking.
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