Additional processors will become available during the year. Wind River is the only independent company that can offer an OSEK operating system with a matching and fully integrated tool suite, says Ron Abelmann, president and CEO of Wind River Systems. Tornado for Automotive Control, combined with our global applications and technical support infrastructure and 3Soft s automotive consulting services organization, will offer a complete solution to automotive developers with embedded applications worldwide. We have been using Tornado in our department for several years and recognize the importance of this major step forward by Wind River in its support for automotive applications development, notes Dr. Sesser of BMW s Research and Consulting Department. BMW has played a significant part in the definition of OSEK and encouraged its adoption as a standard across the automotive industry.
Developers also have the option of using familiar, powerful command-line interfaces.
Additional tools specially designed for automotive application development include an OSEK object browser and a highly graphical OSEK configurator with memory optimization features. The MotorWorks RTOS is specifically optimized for each supported CPU architecture to ensure maximum real-time performance and a low memory footprint. Wind River is also working with Hewlett-Packard s Automotive Solutions Division to integrate its automotive products with the Wind River solution. Tornado for Automotive Control also has an open target communications strategy that will allow a range of target connections, including serial, CAN, and in-circuit emulator. The OSEK standard was defined by a group of major European automotive manufacturers and component suppliers to provide a common embedded development platform for the industry.