SYSGO and Kontron expand partnership with PikeOS Support
SYSGO and Kontron have announced the availability of a validated Board Support Package (BSP) for the Kontron VX3060 rugged VPX plug-in card based on 11th Generation Intel Core processors.
Designed for demanding markets including defence, transportation and industrial automation, the combined solution helps system developers accelerate platform integration while benefiting from PikeOS’ advanced virtualisation and separation capabilities running on Kontron’s VPX computing platform.
Developers can immediately deploy PikeOS on the Kontron VX3060 or on Kontron systems such as HARAKAN-F2 embedding the VX3060, using a fully supported BSP, reducing platform integration effort and accelerating the development of secure, mixed-criticality embedded systems.
The BSP supports the board’s key functionalities including Ethernet, UART, thermal sensors, voltage monitoring sensors, and mass storage interfaces. Additional platform security capabilities such as Trusted Platform Module (TPM) integration and Secure Boot are available on customer request to meet cyber resilience challenges and platform integrity requirements.
The availability of the BSP accelerates time-to-market, shortens software bring-up phases and provides developers with a robust starting point for building certified and security-critical systems.
The Kontron VX3060 and the HARAKAN-F systems based on it are designed for deployment in harsh operating environments and are well suited for transportation, defence, industrial automation, and other applications requiring ruggedised computing platforms. With PikeOS support, customers can immediately leverage the advanced partitioning and virtualisation capabilities of PikeOS on the platform.
PikeOS can operate as a secure hypervisor as well as a combined hypervisor and real-time operating system – all in one product. This flexibility allows developers to consolidate multiple applications with different criticality levels onto a single hardware platform while maintaining strict separation between workloads. Critical real-time functions can operate alongside Linux, middleware, or application environments, enabling efficient mixed-criticality architectures that reduce system complexity, size, weight, power consumption, and lifecycle costs.
The BSP is available immediately and includes support for the core hardware interfaces required for system bring-up and application development. Additional security features, including TPM-based trusted computing and Secure Boot, can be integrated according to customer requirements.
