Performance comparison of VxWorks, Linux, RTAI, and Xenomai in a hard real-time application

IEEE Transactions on Nuclear Science

Volumn 55, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 435-439

  Barbalace, A ^a   Luchetta, A ^b   Manduchi, G ^b   Moro, M ^a   Soppelsa, A ^b   Taliercio, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PADOVA   (Italy)

^b Euratom ENEA Association ^*  (Italy)

Author keywords

ADEOS; Linux; PowerPC; Real time systems; RTAI; RTnet; VxWorks; Xenomai

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER OPERATING SYSTEMS; ETHERNET; PROGRAM PROCESSORS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

POWERPC; VXWORKS;

REAL TIME SYSTEMS;

EID: 39049090980     PISSN: 00189499     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1109/TNS.2007.905231     Document Type: Conference Paper

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