Wind River Customers

FITSCO, a leading transportation technology company, recently developed a new Automatic Train Protection (ATP) system. This critical system required a modular design and strict adherence to international standards. Learn how Wind River VxWorks Cert Platform helped FITSCO reduce development time, cost, and risk while passing stringent SIL4 safety certification requirements.

Bachmann electronic, the No. 1 supplier of wind-automation solutions, needed a platform vendor to help develop its next-generation M1 controller system. Project challenges included system complexity, stringent quality goals, and a short time-to-market window. Learn how VxWorks® helped Bachmann achieve record efficiency during this state-of-the-art controller system project.

To speed development and drive down costs, Bombardier Transportation used Wind River® VxWorks 61508 Platform (now Wind River VxWorks Cert Platform) and Wind River Linux for its latest standards-based HMI410 Train Information System. The HMI410 will be used on the new Bombardier-built S Stock trains that will run on London Underground subsurface lines including District, Circle, Metropolitan, and Hammersmith and City.

Bombardier selected VxWorks 61508 Platform because of its high reliability and safety critical certification evidence, and Wind River Linux for its graphics and connectivity functionality.

When Comau Robotics launched the C5G project, the company’s fifth-generation control unit for its industrial robot solutions, it needed to control costs while delivering high levels of quality, performance, and reliability. Learn how Comau used Wind River Platform for Industrial Devices to deliver 30% increased performance, 20% higher quality, and improved integration while also reducing development time and costs.

Hexagon Metrology, a leading global provider of design, measurement, and visualization technologies, chose Wind River Platform for Industrial Devices for its coordinate measuring machine (CMM), the GLOBAL Silver. Based on VxWorks, the Wind River solution allows Hexagon Metrology to undertake multitask processing with faster computation and communication speed between controller, sensors, and actuators.

Mitsubishi Electric, a global leader in electrical and electronic equipment, needed a real-time operating system that could measure up to some stringent requirements for a new C controller. Read about how VxWorks helped the company meet development and time-to-market goals while cutting engineering costs in half.

Hagan Electronics, an industry leader in computerized produce sizers for manufacturing organizations, faced a business-threatening dilemma when a supplier discontinued its legacy target hardware running VxWorks 5.4. Learn why Hagan turned to Wind River Professional Services for an upgraded VxWorks 6.7 solution to fix existing machines within a critical window, deliver new products ahead of schedule, and ultimately save the company.

National Instruments (NI) offers a graphical system design platform for customers in markets spanning from the food industry to semiconductor manufacturing. As the company grew, it needed a real-time operating system (RTOS) and a standardized developer toolset that would meet several key technical and business requirements. Learn how Wind River satisfied these needs and helped NI shorten development time and move into new markets.

"Since the mid-90's, ABB relied on Wind River's technology as an operational foundation to accomplish our design goals. In the case of the IRB 6600, we were able to get a head start on the project and focus on the complex programming that makes this new robot more humanoid and flexible that any of its predecessors or competitors in its class," said Kent Vasberg, manager of base software development at ABB Robotics. "Wind River's technology allowed us to focus on innovation and competitive differentiation, so ABB can offer manufacturers creative solutions to bring greater automation, control, and efficiency to their production lines."

Echelon is the leading supplier of infrastructure hardware and software to the rapidly growing device networking market. One of the leading LonWorks devices, the i.LON 100 Internet Server, helps small- to mid-size commercial and industrial networks—those typically used in schools, convenience stores, banks, water treatment plants, pumping stations, and factories—connect their IP internal networks to the Internet.

"Faced with a tight project time frame, Wind River Professional Services worked directly with our engineers to deliver highly customized technology that met the specific requirements of the HG-100K," said Mike Gioseffi, president of Redlake, a subsidiary of Roper Industries (NYSE:ROP). "Now, with a reliable, reusable device software development foundation in place, we are able to control development costs while focusing our efforts on delivering next generation imaging technology that helps our customers enhance the safety and reliability of their products."