INtime

INtime RTOS / INtime for Windows
DeveloperTenAsys Corporation
OS familyReal-time operating systems
Working stateCurrent
Source modelClosed Source
Initial release1997 (1997)
Latest release6.3 / July 2017 (2017-07)
Marketing targetEmbedded systems
Available inEnglish, Japanese
Platforms80386 or higher
Official websitewww.tenasys.com/intime

The INtime Real Time Operating System (RTOS) family is based on a 32-bit RTOS conceived to run time-critical operations cycle-times as low as 50μs. INtime RTOS runs on single-core, hyper-threaded, and multi-core x86 PC platforms from Intel and AMD. It supports two binary compatible usage configurations; INtime for Windows, where the INtime RTOS runs alongside Microsoft Windows®, and INtime Distributed RTOS, where INtime runs one.

Like its iRMX predecessors, INtime is a real-time operating system, and like DOSRMX and iRMX for Windows, it runs concurrently with a general-purpose operating system on a single hardware platform.

History

Initial Release

INtime 1.0 was originally introduced in 1997[1] in conjunction with the Windows NT operating system. Since then it has been upgraded to include support for all subsequent protected-mode Microsoft Windows platforms, Windows XP to Windows 10.

INtime can also be used as a stand-alone RTOS. INtime binaries are able to run unchanged when running on a stand-alone node of the INtime RTOS. Unlike Windows, INtime can run on an Intel 80386 or equivalent processor. Current versions of the Windows operating system generally require at least a Pentium level processor in order to boot and execute.

Version 2.2

After spinning off from Radisys in 2000[2] development work on INtime continued at TenAsys Corporation. In 2003 TenAsys released version 2.2 of INtime.[3]

Notable features of version 2.2 include:

  • Real-time Shared Libraries, or RSLs, which are the functional equivalent of the Windows Dynamically Loaded Libraries, or DLLs.
  • Support for the development of USB clients, and USB host control drivers for OHCI, UHCI and EHCI (USB 2.0) devices.
  • A new timing acquisition and display application called ""INscope"" is released.

Notes

  1. ^ "RADISYS ships INtime to customers worldwide". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  2. ^ "TenAsys Spins Off Real-Time Software Business from RadiSys Corporation". Archived from the original on 2014-02-22. Retrieved 2014-02-05.
  3. ^ TenAsys Corporation Announces INtime® Version 2.2