GE PowerPact3 IMP2B CompactPCI Single Board Computer Data Sheet

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GE

Intelligent Platforms

Features
• Extensivesupportfortheembedded

industry’smostpopularreal-timeoper-
atingsystem

• Fullyfeatured,standardboardsupport

package(BSP)foralloperatingsystem
vendor-definedfunctions

• Enhancedsupportpackage(ESP)

providesmanyextrafunctionsnot
definedbytheoperatingsystemvendor,
includingcontinuoustest

• BSPs/ESPsavailableforallGEIntel-

ligentPlatformsSBCfamilies.Includes
PowerXtreme,PowerXpress,EmPower,
PowerPactandXtraPower,allbasedon
PowerPC,plusINTraXtremeandINTra-
PactbasedonIntelarchitectures

• AllWindRiver‘platforms’supported,for

Workbench/VxWorks6.xandTornado/
VxWorks5.x

VxWorksonGEIntelligentPlatforms’single
boardcomputers(SBCs)createsapartner-
shipbetweentheleadingreal-timesoftware
systeminthemarketplaceandtheleading
COTShardwareplatformsinthedefense
arena,givingusersanunprecedentedchoice
ofcompatiblehardwareandsoftwaremod-
ulestofacilitateoptimumsystemintegration.

GEoffersfivePowerPC-basedSBCfamilies
andtwoIntel-basedfamilies,allwithcom-
prehensiveVxWorkssupportandaimed
atdifferentapplicationareas.Eachfamily
featuresacommonarchitectureapproach,
facilitatingtechnologyinsertion,andthebest
DeployedTestsoftwareforCOTSsystemsin
theindustry.Inadditiontoprogressivestrat-
egiesforobsolescencemanagement,GE
supportsdefensivestrategiesincludingcon-
figurationcontrol,componenthealthchecks,
andcomponentbuy-aheadandstorage.

GEistheCOTSsupplierofchoiceformission-
criticalapplicationsbasedoneitherstandard
VxWorks5.x,orVxWorks6.xwithenhanced
memoryprotectionanderror-trapping.

Real-Time Operating Systems  

from Wind River
Real-timeoperatingsystemsfordevice
softwareplayanintegralroleinhowmanu-
facturersdevelop,deployandmarkettheir
devices.Overthepasttwentyyearsand
more,WindRiverSystemshasdeliveredand
supportedtheindustry’smostsignificant
real-timeoperatingsystems.WindRiver
operatingsystemshavebeenusedasthe
foundationforabroadrangeofdevices
acrossmultiplemarkets,fromset-topboxes,
camerasandplanestoNASA’sMarsRover.

VxWorksandpSOS,twoofthemostinfluen-
tialreal-timeoperatingsystems,havebeen

VxWorksSBCSupport

VxWorksBoardSupportPackagesandEnhancedSupportPackages

deployedinmillionsofdevicesworldwide.
WindRivercustomerscontinuetorelyon
VxWorks,theworld’sleadingreal-time
operatingsystem,toprovidethesolid,deter-
ministic,small-footprint,high-performance
characteristicsneededtosuccessfully
developanddeploytheirproductsbetter,
faster,atlowercostandmorereliably.

Real-timeoperatingsystemsfromWind
RiverincludeVxWorks5.xandVxWorks6.x.
VxWorks5.xisthemostestablishedand
mostwidelydeployeddevicesoftwareoper-
atingsystemintheembeddedmarket.

VxWorks 6.x
ThenextgenerationofVxWorksaddspow-
erfulnewfeaturesandafocusonopenness,
performance,dependabilityandinteroper-
ability.WithVxWorks6.x,companiescan:
• Optimizedeveloperproductivitythrough

openstandards

• IncreasereliabilitythroughMMU-based

memoryprotection

• Acceleratetime-to-marketthrough

enhancederrormanagement

• SeamlesslymigrateexistingVxWorks-

basedIPandotherexistingIPs,including
opensource

Continuetodeliverproductsthatrelyonthe
coreattributesofVxWorks,includinghigh
performance,reliability,determinism,low
latencyandscalability.

Compatibility 
OneofthecentralgoalsofVxWorks6.x
wastoeasemigrationfromVxWorks5.5.To
thatend,thekernelofVxWorkscompletely
supportstheVxWorks5.5kerneloperat-
ingenvironment–mostBSPs,drivers,and
kernelapplicationsdevelopedfororported

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