Aonix Raises the Bar for Safety-Critical Solutions; Bringing Safe Multi-Tasking Technology to All Industry Segments.SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--March 30, 1998--Aonix, a leading provider of safety-critical solutions since 1989, announced today the release of its next generation of certifiable cer·ti·fi·a·ble adj. 1. That can or must be certified. Used of infectious, industrial, and other diseases that are required by law to be reported to health authorities. 2. products with ObjectAda Real-Time RAVEN(TM). ObjectAda Real-Time RAVEN employs a fast real-time kernel that is perfectly suited for hard real-time and safety-critical applications. It provides a reliable, feature-rich toolset that critical-system developers require to build efficient, provable, and deterministic 1. (probability) deterministic - Describes a system whose time evolution can be predicted exactly. Contrast probabilistic. 2. (algorithm) deterministic - Describes an algorithm in which the correct next step depends only on the current state. real-time systems Real-time systems Computer systems in which the computer is required to perform its tasks within the time restraints of some process or simultaneously with the system it is assisting. for either sequential or multi-tasking applications that can be certified to the highest level of criticality. RAVEN's design is based on the Ada 95 tasking restrictions set named the RAVENSCAR Profile The Ravenscar profile is a subset of the Ada tasking features designed for safety-critical hard real-time systems. Restrictions of the profile A Ravenscar Ada application uses the following compiler directive: pragma Profile (Ravenscar); which accommodates certification requirements for high-integrity (safety-critical), real-time systems. The profile defines a special Ada 95 tasking model with special emphasis on small size, fast performance, and deterministic behavior. RAVEN enables developers to use the model with any real-time application where small runtime size and/or hard real-time performance is needed. In addition, RAVEN's new real-time kernel includes a small footprint, fast execution, deterministic behavior, bounded memory usage, safety-critical certifiability (to the highest levels of criticality), Ada95 protected-object support and interrupt support. Early RAVEN Adoption: BFGoodrich Aerospace Aircraft Integrated Systems will use RAVEN in a new generation HUMS (Health and Usage Management System) to be offered on all Sikorsky S-92 and S-76 model helicopters. The BFGoodrich HUMS acquires data from as many as 150 input channels, detects and announces anomalous conditions and stores the complete flight record. Monitored parameters include engine and rotor speed, rotor-shaft torque, and oil temperature and pressure. The data is transferred to a ground station computer which produces a series of operations, maintenance and engineering reports. When linked to a computer network, the system can manage flight, maintenance and spare parts Spare parts, also referred to as Service Parts is a term used to indicate extra parts available and in proximity to the mechanical item, such as a automobile, boat, engine, for which they might be used. Spare parts are also called “spares. information for all units of a widely deployed fleet. The new BFG BfG Bundesanstalt für Gewaesserkunde (Germany: Federal Institute of Hydrology) BFG Big Friendly Giant (Roald Dahl book) BFG Battlefleet Gothic (game) BFG Briefing system selected by Sikorsky will be a dual-use system applicable to the Sikorsky Aircraft For other meanings and similar spellings, see . Sikorsky is an American aircraft and helicopter manufacturer. It was founded 1923 by a Ukrainian born American aircraft engineer Igor Sikorsky, who made the first stable, single-rotor, fully-controllable helicopter to enter commercial S-92 and S-76 helicopters. The system will also be available for the US Navy, US Marine Corps and US Coast Guard H-60 family and the CH-53E model under the Commercial Operations and Support Savings Initiative (COSSI CoSSI Common Structure of Statistical Information COSSI Commercial Operations and Support Saving Initiative COSSI Contractor Operations and Support Saving Initiative ) program. "Tasking support in the RAVEN runtime with the ability to be certified to DO-178B Level-A was a key element of BFGoodrich's selection of Aonix technology," said Gary Cato, product marketing manager for safety-critical solutions at Aonix. "Their system is being developed using our ObjectAda cross-development environment where enforcement of the restricted-tasking model of RAVEN is supplied using a special implementation of the pragma_restrictions feature of the Ada language. Additionally, Aonix is supplying complete RAVEN certification materials for BFGoodrich's submission to the FAA during their certification process." -0-
Key Features of RAVEN:
- Emerging standards that support safe applications: RAVEN's design
is based on the Ada 95 tasking restrictions named the RAVENSCAR
Profile.
- Designed to address safety-critical systems: The design and
implementation of RAVEN is focused on deterministic behavior
which is a requirement for safety-critical systems.
- Flexibility: Provides several libraries that may be selected to
suit the application.
- Reliability: RAVEN extends Ada's capabilities with Protected
Types and Protected Objects for implementing modern multi-tasking
programs with minimal overhead.
- Environments: Instant familiarity will be found with ObjectAda's
highly acclaimed interfaces based on Visual C++ and the Unix CDE.
Product and Package Options:
RAVEN is available in the following packaged options:
- CorePack: appropriate for any hard real-time application where a
small, fast kernel is needed.
- ProjectPack: appropriate when safety or high-reliability is an
issue.
- Safety-Critical Pack: ideal for code and execution verification
to assure system safety.
-0- Pricing and Availability: Early versions of ObjectAda Real-Time RAVEN will ship mid-April, 1998. Pricing starts at $15,000. Platform and Target Support Environments: RAVEN supports the following platforms: Sun Microsystem's Solaris, Hewlett Packard's HP/UX HP/UX Hewlett-Packard UNIX operating system HP/UX Unexploded Human Particulate Operating System , and Windows NT (Windows New Technology) A 32-bit operating system from Microsoft for Intel x86 CPUs. NT is the core technology in Windows 2000 and Windows XP (see Windows). Available in separate client and server versions, it includes built-in networking and preemptive multitasking. by Microsoft. Target support for RAVEN includes Motorola's PowerPC, MC680x0, and MC683xx followed later in the year with Intel x86 targets. ABOUT AONIX Aonix, with headquarters in San Francisco San Francisco (săn frănsĭs`kō), city (1990 pop. 723,959), coextensive with San Francisco co., W Calif., on the tip of a peninsula between the Pacific Ocean and San Francisco Bay, which are connected by the strait known as the Golden , is a major player in the software-development tools market and one of the largest software companies in the world. It currently has more than 20,000 installations with half a million users worldwide. The company was formed in November 1996 as a result of the merger of two successful development-tools companies: Interactive Development Environments, Inc. (IDE (1) (Integrated Development Environment) A set of programs run from a single user interface. For example, programming languages often include a text editor, compiler and debugger, which are all activated and function from a common menu. ), a veteran player in the modeling, analysis and design tools market, and Thomson Software Products Thomson Software Products (TSP) was a software development corporation based in Norwalk, Connecticut with engineering and support facilities in Norwalk and San Diego, California. Established in July 1995, the corporation became half of Aonix in 1996. , a diversified tools company. Aonix's products and array of consulting services Noun 1. consulting service - service provided by a professional advisor (e.g., a lawyer or doctor or CPA etc.) service - work done by one person or group that benefits another; "budget separately for goods and services" provide complete life-cycle solutions for analyzing requirements, designing, implementing, testing, and deploying software for even the most challenging commercial or technical projects. Its comprehensive set of offerings address the most popular object-oriented and structured-development languages including C, C++, Ada, Java, IDL (1) (Interface Definition Language) A language used to describe the interface to a routine or function. For example, objects in the CORBA distributed object environment are defined by an IDL, which describes the services performed by the object and how the data , and others on a variety of development platforms. Aonix can be found on the Internet at www.aonix.com or reached by phone at 800/97-AONIX. -0- Note to Editors: Aonix, RAVEN, ObjectAda and ObjectAda Real-time RAVEN are trademarks or registered trademarks of Aonix Corporation. All other company and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective companies. CONTACT: Aonix Tony Simpson Anthony (Tony) James Simpson (born July 15, 1965) is an Australian politician. He has been an Liberal member of the Western Australian Legislative Assembly since February 2005, representing the electorate of Serpentine-Jarrahdale. , 415/543-0900 x201 tsimpson@aonix.com or Nadel Phelan, Inc. Tom Harvey, 408/439-5570 x222 tom@nadelphelan.com |
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