Features

openOSEK is a free, open source (LGPL license) real time operating system (RTOS) for use in safety critical applications.

Current features are:

• General Architecture:
  • API based on the OSEK/VDX specification
  • Platform abstraction development architecture
• Supported platforms:
  • Initially aimed at the Freescale microcontrollers with powerPC core
  • Other cores on demand, as supported by GCC
• Conformance classes:
  • We are targeting the following conformance classes, as defined by the standard:
    • BCC1 - Only basic tasks, limited to one activation request per task and one task per priority, while all tasks have different priorities.
    • BCC2 - Like BCC1, plus more than one activation request per task and more than one task per priority.
    • ECC1 - Like BCC1, plus extended tasks.
    • ECC2 - Like ECC1, plus more than one task per priority and multiple requesting of task activation allowed for basic tasks.
• Portability:
  • Written in C, according to the ISO C90 (ANSI) definition, for ease of porting to different compilers
  • Any core supported by GCC
  • Cores which are unsupported by GCC, on a demand basis.
• Various Other Features:
  • openOSEK is being developed with full audit trail (for use in systems where ISO9000 is important)
  • Developed according to the MISRA-C (2004) guidelines.

Here are things which are currently in progress:

• Completing the documentation for this website - MOSTLY COMPLETE
• Documenting the development process - IN PROGRESS
• Adding the prototype source hierarchy to CVS - COMPLETE

Here are several things that we plan to do for openOSEK in the near future:

• Update the build to work on other OSs, besides Linux/MacOS/Win32
• Update the build to work on other IDEs, besides KDevelop/Eclipse

You also may want to take a look at the "Comparing openOSEK to other RTOSs" FAQ entry.

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