AVIX (Advanced Virtual Integrated eXecutive)

Last updated: September 25, 2007

Company:: AVIX-RT
Description:: AVIX is an RTOS specifically developed for Microchip controllers of the dsPIC and PIC24 families. AVIX offers two unique features;
First it does not add a single cycle to the hardware defined interrupt latency since it never disables interrupts. Still full communication between interrupt handlers and threads is offered through a rich set of functions.
The second feature is Real Time Thread Activation Tracing, providing graphical insight in the activity of threads by using a logic analyzer. This feature gives unprecedented insight in the activation and cooperation of threads making the black box of RTOS based development white.
Besides these unique features, AVIX offers everything you may expect from an RTOS like semaphores, mutexes, event flags, messages, pipes timers and memory support and not to forget speed. As shown by the ThreadMetric open source benchmark, AVIX is the fastest RTOS available for the PIC24 and dsPIC families of microcontrollers.
AVIX is further characterized by a very user friendly programming interface which is partly type safe meaning it offers compile time protection against programming errors.

Development Hosts:
Windows
Supported Target Processors:
Microchip dsPIC30F, dsPIC33F, PIC24F and PIC24H
Board Support Packages:
Supported Compilers:
Microchip C30
Supported Tools:
Microchip MPLAB
Supported Networks:
Support for Microchip 4.02 stack running as a thread
Supported Standards:
Development Methodology:
Cross
RTOS Supplied as:
Object
Supported GUI:
Available Components:
Kernel ROM (min, max):
10KB,10KB
Kernel RAM (min, max):
500
Minimum RAM per process:
Minimum RAM per thread:
150
Minimum RAM per queue:
Number of thread priority levels:
RAM dependent > 128
Typical Thread Switch Latency:
5 us at 40 MIPS
Guaranteed Maximum Interrupt Latency:
Zero, hardware dep.
System Clock Resolution:
Configurable >100us
Priority Inversion Avoidance Mechanism:
Yes,Priority inheritance
Multiprocess Support:
No
Multiprocessor Support:
No
MMU Support:
No
Scheduling Policies:
Prioritized Round-Robin
Royalty Free:
Yes
Cost Development Seat:
flexible licensing
Standard Phone Support:
Limited Free
Preferred Phone Support:
None
URL to the product/service/project description on company's website:
http://www.avix-rt.com/html/specification.html