congatec simplifies real-time Linux implementation through OSADL membership

congatec teams up with OSADL, Open Source Automation Development Lab eG, to simplify open source implementation of hard real-time Linux. In a first step, OSADL qualified congatec’s latest real-time Linux implementation that uses the Linux Kernel 4.9.47-rt37 on conga-TS170 Server-on-Modules equipped with the embedded server-class Intel® Xeon® processor E3-1578L v5 @ 2.00 GHz. The challenge when implementing hard real-time Linux behavior into such server-class platforms lies in utilizing the entire data processing and system functionalities in parallel to ensure a hard real-time control behavior for collaborative robotics and interactive manufacturing cells – and all this even with processors that support sleep state 4 for lowest power consumption in idle mode. Executed in standardized racks, the OSADL quality assurance testifies that conga-TS170 Server-on-Modules are perfect for any real-time application. Target markets for these high-end workstation and server-class boards that also provide high-end graphics include high-speed test and measurement equipment, back-end systems in medical imaging, high-performance industrial workstations as well vision-based inspection systems and situational awareness platforms.