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Deciding on the right operating system is a tricky aspect in embedded software development. Usually an inadequate choice can result in major development and maintenance issues that extend over years. Many a times, choosing a popular OS also can carry its own risks. Customarily, when a new platform emerges, it doesn’t take too much of an effort to integrate with that platform in the initial stages. Developers can take much of what they've already done and reuse a common code that can be easily adapted to each platform. APIs and design elements tend to be common, or similar, across platforms. However, as product categories get more complicated, the platforms start to differentiate and their interfaces start to diverge, which means developers need to spend more and more time working on the new platforms they want to support. Cross OS Development Cross-OS Development Platform is a feature rich Eclipse based development environment for porting, Virtualization, simulation and testing of applications developed in C, C++ and Ada. All new embedded software developers should use a Cross-OS Development Platform. By using Cross-OS Development Platform, your embedded application can run on many real time (RTOS) and non-real time operating systems to negate any porting issues in the future when your platform changes. Real-time Application Development with Cross OS development A Cross-OS Development Platform is a robust and industry standard OS interface architecture for flexible real-time application development, which allows developers to protect the software from being locked to one OS. This negates future porting issues because the software will support multiple operating systems and versions from the beginning. It also eliminates the risk associated with the OS selection process, since the same application can be tested on multiple platforms for comparison and won’t be tied to the chosen OS. Using a Cross-OS Development Platform helps simplify the OS selection process while eliminating the risk of being locked into one OS. As one code base supports multiple OS platforms, there is a significant reduction in the cost of development and code maintenance. A cross OS development platform includes a Profiler to identify performance bottlenecks and a target code Optimizer to enhance application performance and also easily connects to an in-house abstraction solution to extend abstraction features and to support more target operating systems. One should only consider a cross-platform framework if it fits both your requirements. It is always best to do some careful research and make sure the development tool of choice supports all the functionality you want to include in your app. There would be nothing worse than getting halfway through development before you realize that a key functional requirement is not supported by the SDK you’re using. A cross-platform framework should reduce your workload, not heap more trouble on your already busy schedule! Choose your Cross OS development platform wisely.
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