TenAsys Integrates INtime 3.0 with Microsoft Visual Studio .NET 2003

New debug and fault detection capabilities are available to developers of INtime 3.0 real-time applications for Microsoft Windows XP Embedded.

San Francisco, CA - March 8, 2005 – TenAsys Corporation, a Gold Windows Embedded Partner (WEP) and a member of the Visual Studio Industry Partner (VSIP) program since September of 2004, recently released its INtime 3.0 real-time operating system and extension for Windows XP Embedded with support for transparent debugging of real-time applications from within the Visual Studio .NET 2003 integrated development environment (IDE).

“By integrating INtime 3.0 real-time development tools into the Microsoft Visual Studio .NET IDE we are able to provide our customers with a single powerful interface from which they can edit, compile and debug their real-time Windows XP Embedded applications,” said Chris Main, VP of Engineering at TenAsys Corporation.

In addition to providing debug capabilities for real-time and Windows XP Embedded applications from a single user interface, INtime 3.0 integration with Visual Studio .NET also includes process fault notifications that allow a developer to debug or cancel a faulted real-time process, similar to the notification and debug procedures provided by Windows for standard applications. Because INtime real-time threads execute in a protected environment, real-time processes can be halted or aborted without disabling or halting the entire system.

“We are excited TenAsys is announcing its INtime 3.0 real-time operating system and extension for Windows XP Embedded,” said Jane Gilson, director for the Mobile and Embedded Devices Division at Microsoft Corp. “As a winner of the 2004 Microsoft Embedded Partner of the Year award, TenAsys is recognized for delivering innovative solutions that extend Windows XP Embedded, to address the need for fine control as well as applications requiring the ability to make decisions in real time.”

Integrated real-time debugger and fault manager

The INtime 3.0 real-time development environment is fully integrated into Visual Studio .NET 2003. Developers can edit, compile, link, debug, and trap process faults in their real-time Windows-based applications without ever leaving the Visual Studio .NET development environment. If a real-time programming error generates a CPU exception the faulted real-time thread is suspended, allowing the developer the option of starting the Visual Studio .NET debugger at the precise point of exception; non-related processes and threads in the system continue to run without interruption. Real-time process faults can result from divide by zero errors, bad pointer accesses, page faults, stack faults, and other CPU exceptions.

The INtime 3.0 debugger plug-in for Visual Studio .NET gives developers this unique ability to monitor real-time variables, debug real-time processes, and capture real-time faults directly from within the Visual Studio .NET debugger. INtime 3.0 software includes full access to breakpoints, source-level single-stepping, and watch variables for real-time processes and threads, all from within the familiar Visual Studio .NET development environment, eliminating the need to master a second set of development tools.

About TenAsys and INtime

INtime Real Time Extensions for Windows is a fully featured RTOS derived from iRMX. Applications written for the INtime RTOS execute with guaranteed determinism as fully-protected user-mode processes in concurrence with the Microsoft Windows operating system on standard PC hardware. Because real-time application code executes in user-mode the INtime environment is immune to application faults that crash kernel-mode driver solutions.

Using the INtime real-time extension for Windows, designers can reduce the cost of implementing computer-based control systems by utilizing x86-based PC hardware and Microsoft Windows software. INtime software combines the benefits of the Windows operating system — standard APIs, networking, user interface, and development environment — with a proven, highly reliable, real-time kernel designed for critical applications.

In 2005, TenAsys celebrates 25 years of continuous use of their iRMX RTOS product. Customers worldwide have entrusted TenAsys’ RTOS products to provide reliable deterministic control of their Intel x86 architecture embedded computers in a wide array of mission critical applications including: medical, telecomm, industrial control, robotics, test & measurement, and military.

TenAsys, INtime and iRMX are registered trademarks of TenAsys Corporation. The names of other companies, products, and brands mentioned herein may be trademarks of other owners.

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