Real-Time Operating Systems (RTOS)
  • is an operating system intended to serve real-time applications that process data as it comes in, typically without buffer delays

RTOS Types

RTOS

Description

Examples

Dedicated RTOS

an operating system built from the ground up for dedicated real-time applications

  • Theory-Oriented Real-Time Operating System (TOROS)?
  • Zephyr
  • VxWorks

Extended RTOS

taking an existing generic operating system and adding extensions for real-time applications