Control Engineering - September 01, 2000
Cover Story
Manufacturing Does Windows ... Linux Knocks at the Door
The much-anticipated arrival of Microsoft's (Redmond, Wa.) version 3 of Windows CE with "hard real time" has refocused attention on operating systems. Just a few years ago, only design engineers knew which microprocessor chip and real-time operating system (RTOS) powered a controller. Now every control engineer seeks information about the guts of a controller before specifying one.
The much-anticipated arrival of Microsoft's (Redmond, Wa.) version 3 of Windows CE with "hard real time" has refocused attention on operating systems. Just a few years ago, only design engineers knew which microprocessor chip and real-time operating system (RTOS) powered a controller. Now every control engineer seeks information about the guts of a controller before specifying one.
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