🔵 SEGGER embOS RTOS family
High-performance real-time operating systems
embOS RTOS
- Deterministic real-time behavior for precise control
- Optimized for efficiency and low resource consumption
- Certified RTOS variants for safety-critical applications
Key features
embOS is built to empower developers with the tools they need to create efficient, reliable, and scalable embedded systems. Its design reflects decades of refinement, ensuring it meets the diverse requirements of modern applications while remaining adaptable to a broad range of hardware and development environments.
Reliability
Now in its fourth decade, embOS has proven its reliability after being deployed in several billion devices. An edition certified for functional safety in
accordance with IEC 61508 SIL 3, IEC 62304 Class C, and ISO 26262 ASIL D is available as well.
Efficiency
embOS is a high-performance real-time operating system. It is a true lightweight RTOS optimized for minimum memory consumption in both RAM and ROM, as well as for high speed and versatility.
Availability
embOS supports virtually any core and compiler, offering more than 100 ports and over 500 board support packages for the embedded market. It integrates seamlessly with all major compilers and embedded development tools, including SEGGER's
Embedded Studio.
Use cases
embOS is suitable for a wide range of use cases across a variety of embedded applications. In general, something
that all use cases have in common is that they involve one or multiple microcontrollers or processors.
Battery powered devices
Wherever power is a valuable resource (such as with handheld devices), low-power operation modes should be employed as often as possible. All embOS RTOS editions include features (like tickless RTOS support) to significantly reduce power consumption, and they are tailored to run on even the smallest microcontrollers.
Networking and IoT
Connected networks introduce a variety of tasks
that might interfere with the original intended use
of the device. All embOS editions provide robust
and proven RTOS scheduling and task
management functions to ensure safe operation
under adverse conditions. This makes embOS an
ideal loT RTOS.
Safety-critical devices
embOS-Safe's functional safety certification is in
accordance with IEC 61508 SIL 3, IEC 62304 Class C, and ISO 26262 ASIL D. Certification is achieved without modifications to the backbone, which serves as a foundation for all embOS editions.
Precise and predictable control systems
Closed-loop and other control systems require
real-time conditions to operate. embOS warrants
deterministic behavior by design, minimizing or
even removing RTOS latency and jitter. embOS-
Ultra takes precision even further by providing
enough headroom for future applications.
embOS editions
embOS-Ultra
The next generation RTOS
embOS-Ultra offers higher
precision and time resolution than any other RTOS on the market,
creating the best RTOS for
deterministic applications. This also results in less energy consumption and improved erformance.
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embOS-Safe
Safety-certified RTOS
embOS is a certified RTOS
according to IEC 61508 SIL 3, IEC 62304 Class C, and ISO 26262 ASIL D. embOS-Safe comes with a certification kit containing all necessary documents, including the
comprehensive embOS Safety
manual.
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embOS-MPU
The heart of every safety-critical loT device
embOS-MPU offers memory
protection in addition to the proven embOS RTOS. It significantly enhances both stability and safety for embedded applications,
simplifying any certification
process.
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embOS-Classic
The leading real-time
operating system
embOS-Classic has proven its
reliability in billions of deployed devices over several decades, and as a small memory footprint RTOS, it lays the foundation for all emboS
editions.
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Licensing
The software is available under various embedded software license models and can be delivered as source code. All commercial licenses are based on a one-time payment, are royalty-free, and include six months of updates and support from SEGGER's Embedded Experts. There are no subscription fees, ensuring predictable and fixed costs over the entire product lifetime.
For non-commercial use, evaluation, and educational purposes, the software is provided under SEGGER's Friendly License.
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