BeRTOS

BeRTOS

Developer	Develer s.r.l. and BeRTOS community
Written in	ANSI C
OS family	Real-time operating systems
Working state	Production/Stable
Source model	Open source
Latest release	2.7.0 / August 2011 (2011-08)
Marketing target	Embedded devices
Platforms	ARM Cortex-M3, ARM ARM7TDMI, Atmel AVR, x86, x86-64
Kernel type	Microkernel
License	Modified GPL v2
Official website	www.bertos.org

BeRTOS is a real-time operating system designed for embedded systems.

It is distributed under a modified GPL license with a special exception that grants proprietary applications the right to keep their source code closed while maintaining the BeRTOS code itself open.

It has a very modular design, that allows running it on different architectures, ranging from tiny 8-bit microcontrollers like the Atmel AVR up to the 32-bit ARM architecture, and on hosted environments such as Linux and Microsoft Windows. BeRTOS is open source, written in ANSI C, and supported by popular embedded TLS/SSL libraries such as wolfSSL.

BeRTOS preemptive multitasking kernel implements many IPC primitives like:

• Signals
• Semaphores
• Messages

In addition to the kernel, BeRTOS provides a hardware abstraction layer that includes large number of peripheral drivers (timer, serial, ADC, motors, LCD display, NTC sensors, keyboard, buzzer, memories), algorithms (hash table, CRC, MD2, entropy pool, RLE), communication protocols and a graphic windowing subsystem for small displays.

External links

• BeRTOS homepage