eCosPro RTOS for Altera Nios II Embedded Processor

Altera and eCosCentric announced the availability of the eCosPro RTOS (real-time operating system) for Altera's Nios II embedded processor. The new product can be applied in wide range of applications, including  consumer appliances, industrial automation,  communications,  networking, digital imaging and telematics.

Daniel Morris, eCosCentric, said:

The flexible and configurable nature of eCos is an ideal match for the Nios II embedded processor…

…The availability of eCosPro will fulfill the strong demand from designers working with Nios II processors that want to rely on a certified release of eCos in their products.

About eCosPro
eCosPro is a stable, fully tested and supported version of the eCos open source real-time operating system and RedBoot bootstrap firmware. The eCosPro Developer's Kit is a distribution of eCosPro with commercial support and advice, prebuilt eCos host tools, compiler tool chains, full documentation, an Eclipse-based integrated development environment to streamline eCos application development (including graphical debugger) and C++ runtime (including Standard Template Library), as well as profiling, code coverage and memory allocation debugging tools. Third-party components certified with eCosPro include a Java virtual machine, an in-memory database, graphical user interfaces, Bluetooth, CANopen, and USB 2.0 compliant host, device and On The Go (OTG) stacks.

About Nios II Embedded Processors
The 32-bit Nios II embedded processors are backed by a full range of embedded software tools and operating system support from Altera and industry-leading embedded partners. The Nios II soft-core processor can be implemented in any of Altera's FPGA or structured ASIC families. Used by each of the world's top 20 OEMs and with more than 20,000 development kits sold worldwide, the Nios II processor is the most popular configurable soft processor in the industry.

About eCosCentric
Founded in April 2002, eCosCentric is the leading provider of eCos and RedBoot support, training, development and consulting services worldwide. Staffed by the original eCos creators and highly experienced embedded system and software engineers, eCosCentric provides complete solutions consisting of run-time systems, complementary host tools and certified third-party applications.

The eCosPro Starter Kit is free of charge for registered Nios II customers.

More info: eCosPro RTOS for Altera's Nios II Embedded Processor