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applications — such as control management, data analytics, safety-critical and non–safety-critical applications, and legacy applications— all on a single system. Additionally, the hypervisor can securelypartition a VM running a safety-critical application to ensure thatthere is no interference or conflict from any other application orfunction running in another VM.This virtualization platform can be the foundation for an industrialworkload consolidation solution at the factory edge. Helix Platformincludes VxWorks, Wind River Linux, and Wind River Simics®.VxWorksVxWorks is a real-time operating system used in more than 2billion devices in aerospace, industrial, medical, transportation,and other markets. Its small footprint enables deterministicapplications scaling from very small compute packages to complexmanufacturing systems and avionics systems. It works acrossthe majority of Arm and x86 processor architectures. When usedwithin a VM managed by Helix Platform, it can run safety-criticalapplications, essential applications that require real-time ordeterministic functions to operate an important system.Wind River LinuxWind River Linux is the embedded operating system of choicefor IIoT software developers who want a combination of opensource flexibility, commercial grade reliability, and support to helpminimize the total cost of ownership. Wind River Linux deliversvital components for the productization and commercializationof any IoT device. Within a Helix Platform workload consolidationsolution, a Wind River Linux VM can be established to run Linuxapplications, such as communications.Wind River SimicsSimics simulates systems — from the smallest to the mostcomplex — so a product developer can adopt new developmenttechniques that are simply not possible with physical hardware.By moving from physical hardware to a virtual lab, embeddedsoftware teams can transform crucial aspects of their processesto create innovative products.Wind River Development ToolsTo create a workload consolidation solution for your specific man-ufacturing components and needs, Wind River provides powerfuland time-saving development tools. The Wind River WorkbenchWind River is a global leader of software for the intelligent edge. Its technology has been powering the safest, most secure devices since 1981 and is in billions of products. Wind River is accelerating the digitaltransformation of mission-critical intelligent systems that demand the highest levels of security, safety, and reliability.© 2023 Wind River Systems, Inc. The Wind River logo is a trademark of Wind River Systems, Inc., and Wind River and VxWorks are registered trademarks of Wind River Systems, Inc. Rev. 08/2023 suite of development tools allows the developer to configure theoperating system, analyze and tune the software, and debug anentire system. Wind River Diab Compiler helps boost applicationperformance; reduce memory footprint; and produce high-quality,standards-compliant object code for embedded systems.THE RESULTUsing the Helix Platform hypervisor together with VxWorks,Wind River Linux, and Wind River development tools, a work-load consolidation solution for control automation for a fac-tory machine can be developed for a wide variety of industrialmanufacturing machines. Rather than several separate controlautomation compute platforms operating on a machine, eachcontrol compute system can be consolidated into separate virtualmachines on a single multi-core compute platform. A typicalconfiguration is shown below:Components of the solution in Figure 1 are:•Multi-core system (Arm, x86)•Helix Platform•VxWorks real-time operating system•Wind River Linux operating system•VMs running VxWorks and guest OSes–Machine 1: PLC control management system–Machine 2: DCS control management system–Machine 3: HMI running on guest Windows OS–Machine 4: Wind River Linux OS running safety, communica-tions, analytics, or legacy applications–Machines 5 and 6: Optional add-onsTo learn more about Helix Platform, VxWorks, or Wind River Linux,visitwww.windriver.com, or contactsalesinquiry@windriver.com.Physical DevicesDCSAnalyzerMonitoringSafetySystemsWirelessGatewayPLCVirtualizedFunctions(Level 1—3)Virtual MachinePLCVirtual MachineDCSVirtual MachineHISVirtual MachineOtherWind River Helix Virtualization Platform - HypervisorMulti-core PlatformFigure 1. Control automation on a factory machine