NUREMBERG, GERMANY, Mar 02 (MARKET WIRE) —
Embedded World 2010, Hall 10 Booth 10-319 — Bombardier, the global
leader in rail technology, is partnering with Green Hills Software to
develop the safety platform for its next-generation Train Control
Management System (TCMS) that will simplify maintenance and aid the
certification process. The TCMS will use the Green Hills Platform for
Industrial Safety, which incorporates the IEC 61508 SIL3 safety-certified
INTEGRITY(R) real-time operating system (RTOS) and the MULTI(R)
integrated development environment (IDE). Green Hills Software will also
develop and conduct the CENELEC EN 50128 safety certification for a board
support package for Bombardier’s system.
Bombardier is the world’s largest supplier of passenger and freight rail
transportation systems with over 100,000 vehicles currently in operation.
It is at the forefront of the drive to combine the highest levels of
safety certification with the most ergonomic and energy-efficient rail
vehicles. Working together with Green Hills Software, the largest
independent vendor of embedded software solutions, Bombardier is
developing a TCMS that will be more flexible and easier to upgrade than
existing systems. This capability is particularly valuable given the long
lifecycle of railway rolling stock.
A derivative of IEC 61508, EN 50128 is the European standard for railway
applications — communications, signalling and processing systems. As
system safety monitoring increases, the task of certification can become
increasingly complex. This is due to the manner in which individual
functions are handled by separate computer boards, in order to prevent a
failure in a non-safety element compromising a safety-critical element of
the system. The outcome of this traditional approach is that each
carriage on a train might require up to 50 boards in its control system.
By adopting Green Hills Software’s safety-certified INTEGRITY RTOS,
developers are able to run applications containing software of multiple
levels of safety criticality concurrently on a single processor. The
INTEGRITY secure separation kernel enables applications to be partitioned
in such a way as to ensure that an error or failure in one application
cannot impact negatively on another. Using INTEGRITY, Bombardier will be
able to maintain the highest safety certification standards while
significantly reducing the number of boards in the TCMS. This change will
simplify future system upgrades and maintenance; result in better space
utilization and lower energy usage.
Igor Savicic, head of TCMS, Bombardier Transportation, Propulsion &
Controls, commented, “The ability of the INTEGRITY RTOS to partition
safety-critical functions from non-safety-related elements will help to
streamline our development process to meet our customers’ needs. Working
with Green Hills Software to develop the safety platform for the TCMS
will simplify safety certification of systems to EN 50128, hastening the
rollout of product enhancements and regional variants.”
Peter Sandberg, TCMS system architect, Bombardier Transportation,
Propulsion & Controls, added, “The INTEGRITY RTOS, having been deployed
and certified on dozens of safe and secure systems, is the most competent
platform on which to develop our next-generation systems and also
provides a highly effective route to EN 50128 certification.”
Bombardier is working closely with Green Hills Software’s EMEA (Europe,
Middle East and Africa) Engineering Centre in the Netherlands, which will
also develop and certify the board support package.
About Green Hills Software
Founded in 1982, Green Hills Software, Inc.
is the largest independent vendor of embedded development solutions. In
2008, the Green Hills INTEGRITY-178B RTOS was the first and only
operating system to be certified by the NSA to EAL6+ High Robustness, the
highest level of security ever achieved for any software product. Our
open architecture integrated development solutions address deeply
embedded, absolute security and high-reliability applications for the
military/avionics, medical, industrial, automotive, networking, consumer
and other markets that demand industry-certified solutions. Green Hills
Software is headquartered in Santa Barbara, CA, with European
headquarters in the United Kingdom. Visit Green Hills Software at
www.ghs.com.
Green Hills, the Green Hills logo, MULTI, and INTEGRITY are trademarks or
registered trademarks of Green Hills Software, Inc. in the U.S. and/or
internationally. All other trademarks are the property of their
respective owners.
Contact:
Green Hills Software, Inc.
Barbel French
+1 805-965-6044
bfrench@ghs.com
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