Date: Sat, 14 Oct 2000 22:07:33 -0700 To: Recipient List Suppressed:; From: Bill Krauss <bkrauss@mediaone.net> Subject: Bringing Matlab & Simulink to RTLinux FSMLabs RTLinux and Quanser bring Matlab/Simulink to RTLinux (Socorro, New Mexico; Markham, Canada -- October 14, 2000) Finite State Machine Labs Inc. (FSMLabs) and Quanser Inc. announced today that they are joining together to support Quanser's SimulinuxRT (SLX) products on RTLinux. SimulinuxRT brings Mathworks industry standard Matlab, Simulink and RealTime Workshop products to RTLinux with exceptional performance. With SimulinkRT, engineers and scientists can develop RTLinux control applications by drawing Simulink diagrams - without any programming and with up to 50kHz rates on standard PCs. Because the non-realtime components of SLX run in Linux, all the power of the networked Linux environment and all the development tools available in Linux are available as well. Under the FSMLabs/Quanser partnership, FSMLabs provides RTLinux support to Quanser - the exclusive FSMLabs partner for Simulink and Realtime Workshop. SLX will ship with both FSMLabs V2.3 and V3.0 RTLinux CDs. These distributions are based on the RedHat 6.2 release, which is augmented with RTLinux hard realtime-enabled Linux kernels, the RTLinux realtime kernel and related software. Quanser and FSMLabs will work together to assure the reliability and performance of Quanser software on RTLinux. "Quanser customers know that Quanser's support staff will have the full backing of the RTLinux development team," says Victor Yodaiken, President of FSMLabs. "The partnership with FSMLabs assures us of rock solid operating system support with cutting edge performance, and also commits both partners to an exciting technical roadmap," says Quanser President Jacob Apkarian. RTLinux is an open source hard realtime operating system that follows the POSIX 1003.13 PSE51 profile. It is a small, highly optimized realtime kernel providing the POSIX threads and signals API, supporting hard realtime applications running close to the bare machine. RTLinux runs Linux as its lowest priority fully preemptible thread. Realtime threads use signals, shared memory and a read/write device interface to communicate with Linux user processes, enabling application developers to draw on the full power of Linux for everything from networking to databases, without sacrificing realtime performance. RTLinux users include NASA, Compaq, the Jim Henson Creature Shop, and numerous manufacturers of machine tools, instrumentation systems, telecommunications devices and robotic systems. Simulinux/RT is currently shipping and can be purchased from Quanser's web site at http://www.simulinux.com. FSMLabs can be contacted via their web sites: http://www.fsmlabs.com and http://www.rtlinux.com. Business inquiries should be directed to business@fsmlabs.com. About FSMLabs, Inc. FSMLabs Inc. is a privately held corporation specializing in realtime and embedded operating system development, founded by the creators of RTLinux. FSMLabs has offices in New Mexico and Florida in the USA, in Vienna, Austria, and in St. Petersburg, Russia. About Quanser Quanser Consulting Inc. is a privately owned corporation specializing in the design and manufacture of advanced systems for realtime control design and implementation. Quanser is headquartered in Markham, Ontario, Canada and is supported by worldwide representation and distribution channels. RTLinux is a trademark of FSMLabs Inc., used under license from the Linux Mark Foundation. Linux is a registered trademark of Linus Torvalds. All other trademarks are property of their holders. ****************** -- ------------------------------------ Bill Krauss Finite State Machine Labs: The RTLinux Company. www.fsmlabs.com www.rtlinux.com