[October 18, 2009] Alta Data Reports MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC Product Supportfor IntervalZero's RTX 2009 Software Tweet Oct 17, 2009 (Close-Up Media via COMTEX) -- Alta Data Technologies (Alta) of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, a company in avionics interface modules, announced new support for IntervalZero's RTX 2009 software, which extends the capabilities of Microsoft Windows operating systems, enabling delivery of hard real-time performance. According to a release, the RTX driver is provided at no cost with Alta's standard MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC interface cards. "This new driver support enables our customers to quickly integrate Alta 1553 and ARINC products into RTX/Windows environments. RTX is well-designed software that provides our customers deterministic, real-time performance with Alta's products for Windows platforms," states Rich Wade, CTO of Alta. "We are very pleased to have Alta's product line supporting RTX 2009," said IntervalZero CEO Jeff Hibbard. "Alta's advanced MIL-STD-1553 and ARINC PCI, PCI Express, PMC interface products are a perfect complement in Windows/RTX systems for avionics applications," said Hibbard. Alta said it has introduced several new standard features such as signal capture, signal generators and packetized 1553 Common Data Packet architectures. Provided with most cards is a modular AltaAPI software tool kit that ports between operating systems and provides true, independent application support between device channels. Alta's PCI/PCI Express, PMC, XMC, PCCARD, VPX, cPCI and PCI Express interface cards and software are offered in multi channel configurations and includes ARINC combination channels on most platforms. Operating system platforms include MS Windows, Wind River VxWorks, Greenhills Integrity, LynxWorks LynxOS, Linux 32-bit and 64-bit, National Instrument's LabView/LabWindows and Sun Solaris Solaris. IntervalZero's embedded software products include RTX and ETS. RTX delivers real-time capability for direct control of embedded hardware and relies on Microsoft Windows to deliver the Windows user experience. ((Comments on this story may be sent to [email protected])) [ Back To TMCnet.com's Homepage ]