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Re: Windriver preps VxWorks for impending Internet of Things

From "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com>
Newsgroups comp.misc
Subject Re: Windriver preps VxWorks for impending Internet of Things
Date 2014-03-03 12:58 -0600
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
Message-ID <4906#15459@usenet.squte.com> (permalink)
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RS Woods wrote on 2014-Mar-02:
> Wind River Systems has updated its widely used VxWorks embedded RTOS
> (real-time operating system) to make it ready for use on impending
> "Internet of things" systems.

This looks interesting, but potentially very expensive (and very
closed/proprietary). There are open source projects out there that
claim to be aimed at "Internet of Things" applications, however.
Here are three.

http://www.contiki-os.org
http://www.freertos.org
http://www.riot-os.org

Also, Postscapes provides a decent overview of open source/DIY hardware
and software for IoT development.

http://postscapes.com/internet-of-things-diy

Enjoy,
Bill

-- 
I drive a '74 AMC Hornet in my dreams, and I like cheese.
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Windriver preps VxWorks for impending Internet of Things RS Wood  <rswood@therandymon.com> - 2014-03-02 14:29 +0000
  Re: Windriver preps VxWorks for impending Internet of Things "wjwlsn" <ibillwilson@gmail.com> - 2014-03-03 12:58 -0600

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