Wind River Platform
for Medical Devices

Key features and functionality include the following:

• VxWorks® RTOS: Wind River® Platform for Medical Devices is based on the world’s most widely adopted RTOS. Built on a highly scalable, deterministic, hard real-time kernel, VxWorks enables companies to scale and optimize their run-time environment using only the specific technologies required by their device. View detailHide detail
  From the smallest footprint requirement to the highest performance level, VxWorks gives developers the flexibility to build their optimal medical solution quickly and easily while meeting cost, quality, and functionality requirements. The latest edition is also backward-compatible with earlier versions of VxWorks, allowing customers to leverage existing and legacy software assets.
• Vendor Qualification Summary: Platform for Medical Devices provides a comprehensive Vendor Qualification Summary that fits right in with your risk-based supplier qualification. View detailHide detail
  This summary is in accordance with FDA quality system regulation 21CFR820.50 Purchasing Controls requiring manufacturers to evaluate suppliers for their ability to meet requirements, including quality requirements. The summary includes descriptions of the controls and processes Wind River uses to design and develop its platform components. Having this qualification summary pre-prepared for your project is a clear way to reduce time, risk, and costs.
• Enablement of safety and security: In order to help build safe and secure medical devices, VxWorks not only helps identify potential failure conditions but also aids in mitigating the risks. View detailHide detail
  Capabilities such as deadlock avoidance, efficient handling of task errors, and real-time processes (RTPs) for separating kernel and applications are built in. The security protocols such as Ipsec and IKE can be used in combinations to help secure applications that require access control, authentication, or privacy. IPv6 logo and VPNC consortia testing is constantly performed to mitigate interoperability issues.
• Networking and middleware support: The platform integrates Wind River Advanced Networking Technologies, an extensive portfolio of protocols and technologies based on industry standards. View detailHide detail
  This optimized, mature, and proprietary set of technologies provides implementations of various security components such as IPsec and IKE, firewall and NAT, cryptography, RADIUS client, Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), and digital certificates. The platform also provides much-needed support for core network stack elements such as IPv4, IPv6, TCP, UDP, and QoS along with SNMP, CLI, and web services for effective network management.
• Advanced device connectivity: The platform provides drivers and protocols for connected devices, wired and wireless peripherals, and other devices within the network infrastructure. View detailHide detail
  Support includes USB and WLAN, and is augmented by additional technologies from partners.
• Multi-core support: Platform for Medical Devices features multi-core support capabilities within the operating system, network stack, and development tools in order to provide the easiest path to multi-core technology for embedded software developers. View detailHide detail
  The multi-core-enabling capability of the VxWorks platforms is complemented by our unmatched service and support offerings.
• Optimized development tools: The platform includes the industry-leading Wind River Workbench development suite and provides an option to include Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging. View detailHide detail
  Wind River Workbench is an integrated development suite based on an Eclipse framework that provides deep capabilities to support the entire development life cycle, from hardware bring-up to product test and manufacture, and enables standardization on one common development suite across the enterprise. Wind River Workbench On-Chip Debugging leads the technology in debugging multi-core processors, enabling customers to quickly identify problems between the hardware and software using a patent-pending multi-core debugging technology. Wind River Test Management, a test automation system, helps monitor and optimize the testing of embedded device software.
• Extensive partner technologies: To ensure a complete range of integrated technologies, Wind River has established the embedded software industry's widest-ranging partner ecosystem, joining forces with leading hardware and software providers to address such technologies as Bluetooth, speech recognition and text-to-speech, Java, and advanced graphics capabilities.

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