Live demos include first running of Deos safety-critical RTOS on Curtiss-Wright’s quad-core Arm A53-based VPX3-1703 single-board computer
Multicore for Avionics (MCFA) Workshop, Bee Cave, Texas, – October 29, 2019 – DDC-I, a leading supplier of software and professional services for mission- and safety-critical applications, today announced that it will present CAST-32A from a Software Perspective at the Multicore for Avionics (MFCA) Workshop, which will be held at the Sonesta Bee Cave Austin Hotel in Bee Cave Texas on October 29. DDC-I will also present several live multicore demos at the workshop featuring the Deos DO-178C safety-critical real-time operating system and SafeMC multicore technology.
The MFCA workshop, hosted by NXP, gives members unique access to the critical information needed to develop and certify avionics systems using COTS multicore SoCs. In addition to receiving updates on NXP multicore SoC roadmaps (Layerscape, i.MX, automotive S32x families), certification support package presentations, and the latest on software and tools for mixed criticality systems, attendees will have an opportunity to network with key NXP system architects and executives, MFCA peers, and eco-system partners.
Featured among the live demos will be the first running of Deos on Curtiss-Wright’s NXP Layerscape LS1043A Arm Quad-core A53 processor-based V3-1703 module, the industry’s first DAL A safety-certifiable Arm processor-based single board computer (SBC). The demo provides an excellent example for system designers who are interested in building complete, rugged DO-254/DO-178 safety-certifiable avionics systems based on the Deos RTOS for aerospace, military and other high reliability markets. Deos with SafeMC technology will also be featured running on NXP’s i.mx8qm Quad Max development board.
“Deos SafeMC™ technology provides unique features such as cache partitioning that help developers of Arm-based multicore avionics software segregate shared L2 cache on both a core-by-core and application-by-application basis, thereby bounding interference, improving determinism and reducing software jitter,” said Greg Rose, vice president of marketing and product management at DDC-I. “As highlighted in the FAA’s CAST-32A paper, bounding cross-core interference is essential for certifying multicore systems. This is one of the reasons that Deos has proven to be the superior RTOS for modern avionics systems, and why avionics suppliers are migrating to Deos world-wide.”
Deos is a safety-critical embedded RTOS that employs patented slack scheduling, memory pools, and cache partitioning to deliver higher CPU utilization than any other certifiable safety-critical COTS RTOS. First certified to DO-178 DAL A in 1998, Deos has been utilized to host a multitude of flight-critical functions, such as air data computers, air data inertial reference units, cockpit displays, flight control, flight management, engine control, and many more.
DDC-I’s SafeMC™ technology extends DDC-I’ s advanced time and space partitioning capabilities to multiple cores, enabling developers of safety-critical systems to achieve best in class multicore performance without compromising safety-critical task response and guaranteed execution times.
About DDC-I, Inc.
DDC-I, Inc. is a global supplier of real-time operating systems, software development tools, custom software development services, and legacy software system modernization solutions, with a primary focus on mission- and safety-critical applications. DDC-I’s customer base is an impressive “who’s who” in the commercial, military, aerospace, and safety-critical industries. DDC-I offers safety-critical real-time operating systems, compilers, integrated development environments and run-time systems for C, C++, Ada, and JOVIAL application development. For more information regarding DDC-I products, contact DDC-I at 4545 E. Shea Blvd, Phoenix, AZ 85028; phone (602) 275-7172; fax (602) 252-6054; e-mail sales@ddci.com or visit https://www.ddci.com/pr1914