The company
Arcticus Systems AB is a Swedish corporation, with recognized competence in the design of real-time applications and related program development tools.
Since more than 15 years Arcticus Systems focus on model driven software development methods and tools aimed for dependable and safety critical real-time application, the Rubus Concept. The Rubus Product Line was introduced for industrial use in 1996.
Company profile
A clear trend in the real-time area is that an ever increasing number of computer based system applications are being categorized as safety critical. Awareness and knowledge of quality and safety issues are also increasing. Thus, new demands are being placed upon suppliers such as Arcticus.
Consequently, it is vital to provide methods and models with associated tools for the reliable, cost effective construction of safety critical real-time applications. Such applications focus upon properties such as functionality, timing guarantees, quality, reliability, availability, provability, and even reproducability.
Three Generations RTOS
The first real-time operating system developed by Arcticus Systems was named O'Tool an innovative design supporting rendezvous.
The second real-time operating system and concept was based on Swedish research programs. A state-of-the art real-time product line called Rubus. This consists of a real-time operating system as well as methods and tools for configuring and building single node or distributed node solutions for time-deterministic, safety critical real-time applications.
Rubus JOS is the third generation real-time operating system kernel designed for Imsys Technology processors. It is designed to support Java and RTSJ. The services supported are based on the ANSI/IEEE standard 1003.1 (POSIX). Rubus JOS has emanated from the Rubus OS kernel.
Four Generations of Component Models
The first Rubus Component Model CMv1 was released 1997 delivered to customer defining tasks and use cases, supporting only timed triggered execution.
The Rubus CMv2 was delivered to customer 1999 defining tasks, components, modes and data ports, supporting several execution models.
The third version Rubus CMv3 was launched to end user spring 2008 defining generic SW items where execution model mapping is performed by analysis.
The fourth version Rubus CMv4 is currently being developed starting spring 2009 where focus is on distributed modelling and analysis.
Industrial Relevance
The Rubus Concept is based on Swedish research programs and has been continuous refined in close cooperation with industrial partners for more than 15 years. The Rubus methods and tools are used as by Volvo, BAE, Haldex, Hoerbiger, Knorr Bremse.