Express Logic’s ThreadX® SMP Certified For Use in Safety-Critical IoT Systems
January 16 2018 - 11:00AM
Business Wire
Certification Makes ThreadX SMP Ideal Choice
for Applications That Must Meet Stringent Safety Standards
Express Logic, Inc., the worldwide leader in industrial grade
real-time operating systems (RTOSes), today announced that its
popular ThreadX® SMP RTOS has achieved the highest level of
SGS-TÜV Saar certification for embedded development in
safety-critical systems using symmetric multicore processing
architectures. SGS-TÜV Saar, a joint venture of Germany’s SGS Group
and TÜV Saarland, is the world’s leading accredited, independent
company for testing, auditing, verifying, and certifying embedded
software for safety-related systems.
During the certification process, SGS-TÜV Saar evaluated the
relevant parts of Express Logic’s modified waterfall development
process for ThreadX SMP, with phase overlap and phase blending, to
ensure that best development practices were followed during these
phases:
- Requirements management
- Design
- Implementation
- Verification
- Maintenance
Using an extensive test suite, SGS-TÜV Saar rigorously reviewed
all testing and features of ThreadX SMP. The ThreadX SMP test
suite, composed of a large number of application simulations,
effectively performs functional “black box” testing over the entire
ThreadX SMP RTOS. The testing exercises 100 percent of the generic
ThreadX SMP C code, including 100 percent branch coverage. Express
Logic’s ThreadX SMP safety manual documents these quality assurance
measures.
This certification ensures compliance with the industrial safety
standard IEC 61508 and all standards derived from it, including IEC
61508 SIL 4, IEC 62304 Class C, ISO 26262 ASIL D, and EN 50128
SW-SIL 4. As these standards are used to ensure the functional
safety of electrical, electronic, and programmable electronic
safety-related medical devices, process control systems, industrial
machinery, and railway control systems, compliance with them makes
ThreadX SMP ideal for use in the development of safety-critical IoT
devices.
ThreadX SMP is based on Express Logic’s high-performance ThreadX
RTOS, a small, highly efficient embedded OS that minimizes system
overhead and provides lightning-fast, real-time response. With a
memory footprint as small as 10KB and sub-microsecond interrupt
response and context switch, ThreadX SMP enhances symmetric
multicore architectures from ARM, Intel, NXP, MIPS, and Synopsys
while retaining hard real-time responsiveness. ThreadX SMP is the
ideal RTOS for demanding real-time applications where high
efficiency and high performance are essential. ThreadX SMP provides
developers with a combination of performance and ease of use that
can dramatically reduce time to market.
“This certification provides the most meaningful evidence of the
exceptionally high quality of our ThreadX SMP solution,” said
William E. Lamie, President, Express Logic. “With this SGS-TÜV Saar
certification, companies using ThreadX SMP can simplify their
certification process, save time and money, and reduce risk.”
About Express Logic and ThreadXHeadquartered in San
Diego, CA, Express Logic, Inc., offers the industry’s most advanced
run-time solutions for deeply embedded applications, including the
popular ThreadX® RTOS, the high-performance NetX™ and NetX Duo™
embedded TCP/IP stacks, the FileX® embedded FAT compatible file
system, the USBX™ Host/Device USB embedded protocol stack, and the
GUIX™ embedded graphical user interface development toolkit. Most
products from Express Logic include full source-code and have no
run-time royalties. For more information about Express Logic
solutions, please visit www.expresslogic.com, call 1-888-THREADX,
or e-mail sales@expresslogic.com.
ThreadX, TraceX, FileX, and X-Ware are
registered trademarks, and X-Ware IoT Platform, Safety-Critical
Certification Pack, NetX, NetX Duo, USBX, GUIX, GUIX Studio,
LevelX, preemption-threshold, picokernel, and UDP fast path
technology are trademarks of Express Logic. All other brands or
product names are the property of their respective holders.
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