RTAI

RTAI 5.1
RTAI is the RealTime Application Interface for Linux - which lets you write applications with strict timing constraints for your favourite operating system. The RTAI distribution includes RTAI-Lab, a tool chain to convert block diagrams into RTAI executab

Features

  • RealTime Application Interface for Linux.
  • Linux Real Time Module.
  • Real Time Hardware Abstraction Layer.
  • POSIX compatibility. Traditional RTOS IPCs including: Semaphores, mailboxes, FIFO, shared memory, and RPCs.

Related Projects

Octopus-ReEL (Realtime EEG Laboratory)

A comprehensive real-time EEG laboratory system designed for high-channel acquisition and auditory stimulation. It utilizes the RTAI real-time kernel extension for Linux and Comedi for hardware interfacing, supporting up to 128 channels of synchronized data acquisition.

rtai

RTAI IRQ Latency Experiments

A suite of experiments and tools designed to measure and analyze interrupt latency within the Real-Time Application Interface (RTAI) for Linux. It features software modules for parallel port and PCI Express interrupts, including custom FPGA hardware designs for PCIe latency testing.

rtai

RTAI-ROS

RTAI-ROS integrates the Robot Operating System (ROS) with RTAI-Lab, allowing developers to generate hard real-time code from Matlab/Simulink for RTAI Linux. It replaces traditional RTAI-Lab communication tools with native ROS interfaces, enabling the use of standard ROS tools for monitoring and controlling real-time processes.

rtai

URT: Unified Interface to Real-Time Operating Systems

A unified C interface for real-time operating systems that simplifies development across POSIX, RTAI, and Xenomai. It provides a consistent API for task management, shared memory, and synchronization, allowing real-time applications to be developed and debugged on standard Linux before deployment.

rtai