Web site: www.windriver.com/products/vxworks
Origin: USA
Category: Embedded
Desktop environment: unknown
Architecture: x86, x86_64, MIPS, PowerPC, ARM, RISC-V, SuperH
Based on: Independent
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VxWorks – the Wind River’s VxWorks and Tornado real-time OS (RTOS), microkernel based, POSIX and ANSI C language compliant.
VxWorks is a real-time operating system (RTOS) developed and marketed by the American company Wind River Systems, based in Alameda, California. This system is available for computer systems based on the MC68000, Intel i960, Intel 80386, MIPS, or SPARC processor architectures.
The development environment for VxWorks—including a compiler, linker, text editor, and debugger—is not available on the target platform, as it is typically an embedded system with limited resources. Software development for VxWorks requires a separate development platform connected to the target platform. Source code is compiled using a cross-compiler. The generated code is then transferred to the target platform’s memory, where it can be tested using a debugger with a user interface on the development platform. This entire process is repeated multiple times until a properly working program is obtained.
