Rapid development of reliable embedded systems

RapidiTTy™ Builder provides a cost-effective suite of tools which support the development of code for “Commercial off-the-Shelf” (CotS) microcontrollers with ARM7® and Cortex-M3® cores. In the current version of the tool, full support is provided for the NXP LPC-2xxx (ARM7), Luminary (Cortex M3) and STM32 (Cortex M3) families of devices.

RapidiTTy™ Builder includes the TTE Builder™ engine which helps the designer integrate, customise and configure an extensive suite of library code (including three complete embedded operating systems) in order to match the precise needs of a given application.

RapidiTTy™ Builder helps to ensure that even new developers can produce reliable embedded systems, and helps to maximise the efficiency of an experienced development team.

Key features

• A tightly-integrated tool suite with compiler, debugger and timing analysis.
• Support for both ARM7® and Cortex-M3® targets.
• Full source code for two simple, resource-efficient operating systems (sEOS, TTCos) suitable for use in single-processor embedded systems.
• Full source code for the SC-TTCos operating system, for use with distributed (multi-processor) embedded systems interconnected using the Controller Area Network (CAN) bus.
• An extensive suite of high-quality library code covering day-to-day tasks such as reading switches, controlling LCD displays, reading analogue-to-digital convertors, RS-232 (UART) communications, using pulse-width modulation, etc.
• A high-quality, flexible, library for Ethernet communications, fully integrated with the above operating systems.
• The TTE Builder™ engine which helps the designer integrate, customise and configure the library code to match the precise needs of a given application.
• Support for the examples in Part A and Part B of the RD-RES book project.

Applications for RapidiTTy™ Builder

As with all products from TTE Systems, RapidiTTy™ Builder is based on time-triggered (TT) technology. Use of TT technology helps to ensure that your applications have very predictable behaviour, and makes them easier to debug and test.

The benefits of TT technology are widely recognised, which is why this approach has been used in the aerospace industry for some 30 years. As a result of more than a decade of research (and several patent applications), the advent of the RapidiTTy™ family now means that the benefits of TT technology are available for use in a much wider range of applications.

Typical applications for RapidiTTy™ Builder include:

• Aerospace (e.g. aircraft flight and engine control; satellite systems)
• Automotive (e.g. cruise control, steer-by-wire, engine management, roadside traffic signal)
• White goods (e.g. washing machines, dishwashers)
• Brown goods (e.g. set-top boxes)
• Medical (e.g. clinical monitoring systems)
• Industrial / factory control (e.g. robotics, control systems, condition monitoring / fault diagnosis)
• Railway (e.g. on vehicles and trackside)
• Defence (e.g. in-vehicle communications, flight control)
• Telecommunications (e.g. handsets, walkie-talkies, base stations)
• Agriculture (e.g. farm equipment, dairy systems, livestock feeding systems)
• Sports (e.g. score boards, monitoring horse racing)

Pricing

RapidiTTy™ Builder 1.0 is priced at £495 + VAT per seat.

RapidiTTy™ Builder 1.0 includes:

• A full copy of RapidiTTy™ Builder 1.0 (permanent licence).
• Free on-site training (multi-seat orders only, terms and conditions apply).
• Full support for 12 months.

To place your order (or find out more), please contact us.

Take a test-drive with RapidiTTy™ Lite

You can try out some of the features of RapidiTTy™ Builder by downloading RapidiTTy™ Lite, free of charge. RapidiTTy™ Builder expands on the feature-set of RapidiTTy™ Lite in the following areas:

• Timing analysis for testing and verification is not available in RapidiTTy™ Lite.
• The TTE Builder™ engine, which allows easy and fast component-based development of otherwise complex systems, is not available in RapidiTTy™ Lite.
• RapidiTTy™ Lite only supports single processor development, whereas RapidiTTy™ Builder also supports the development of distributed embedded systems.
• RapidiTTy™ Builder includes source-code for Ethernet and TCP/IP examples, as well as several complete case-studies for embedded application development.

RapidiTTy™ Lite can be downloaded free of charge from our downloads page

Further information

We believe that RapidiTTy™ Builder provides a unique set of features which support the rapid development of reliable embedded systems, without requiring large memory or CPU resources — for our customers, this translates directly into reduced development time and allows use of lower-cost microcontrollers.

For further information about RapidiTTy™ Builder and to compare it with RapidiTTy™ Lite, please refer to the brochure for this product.