🧭 Introduction VxWorks is a highly reliable real-time operating system (RTOS) designed for embedded systems. It is widely used in fields such as aerospace, automotive, industrial, and networking systems, where deterministic performance and robustness are critical. This blog post is a comprehensive guide to VxWorks programming. Whether you are new to the platform or transitioning … Read more
Introduction This article will demonstrate how to measure and visualize the real-time performance of VxWorks, explain why these measurements are important, and guide you in reproducing these tests. You will gain: • A brief explanation of why real-time performance is critical. • A reproducible test toolkit (VxWorks C language test program) to measure: • Interrupt … Read more
Comparative Analysis of BSP Development between VxWorks and Linux As embedded systems become increasingly complex, the demand for real-time performance and heterogeneous hardware support continues to grow. The choice of operating system becomes particularly critical, especially in low-level integration work such as BSP (Board Support Package). This article will delve into a comparison of two … Read more
Recently, VxWorks officially released multiple security vulnerability announcements, including the VxWorks buffer overflow vulnerability (CNNVD-201907-1499, CVE-2019-12256), VxWorks security vulnerabilities (CNNVD-201907-1497, CVE-2019-12255), and several other vulnerabilities. VxWorks 7, VxWorks 6.5-6.9, and VxWorks versions using the Interpeak standalone network stack are all affected by these vulnerabilities. Attackers who successfully exploit these vulnerabilities can perform remote code execution … Read more
VxWorks: A Journey of Innovation From ensuring the safety of life-support devices to guiding spacecraft for interstellar exploration, Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS) form the core foundation of modern embedded systems. In this field, Wind River’s VxWorks has consistently led the wave of innovation, continuously adapting to the increasingly complex and diverse industry demands. Outstanding Performance, … Read more
Understanding the Basic RTOS Features of VxWorks: A Practical Guide for Engineers VxWorks is a real-time operating system (RTOS) developed by Wind River, widely adopted in mission-critical embedded systems. This article will introduce the fundamental features of VxWorks, including task control, inter-process communication (IPC), signal handling, and virtual devices, along with practical code examples. Why … Read more
KPC – KUKA PC The central processing unit consists of two independent processor cores (Intel dual-core). In addition to running three other controller-related instance libraries on each processor core, it also runs an independent safety instance library. Core 1: VxWorks, Windows, Safe A Core 2: RC (Robot Control), Safe B Windows 7 operating system and … Read more
Click “Read the original text” to access more VxWorks resources Free download of VxWorks technical materials, resources sourced from the internet, copyright belongs to the original author! Integrating Python in VxWorks 7 1 Introduction VxWorks is a real-time operating system provided by Wind River, while Python is an open-source interpreted programming language and runtime interpreter … Read more
Vulnerability Alert Multiple Remote Code Execution Vulnerabilities in VxWorks TCP/IP Stack On July 30, the Armis security research team published an article claiming that they discovered a total of 11 vulnerabilities in the VxWorks TCP/IP stack, of which 6 vulnerabilities could lead to remote code execution. Vulnerability Description VxWorks is currently the most widely used … Read more
1. Introduction The Inter-Integrated Circuit (I²C) is a widely used low-speed, two-wire communication protocol designed for communication between integrated circuits. In embedded systems, I²C is commonly used to connect sensors, EEPROMs, ADCs, and other peripherals. [VxWorks 7] introduces a modern, scalable, and modular driver framework built on VxBus, supporting dynamic driver registration, device tree integration, … Read more