Running 3rd Party Code on a cRIO?

[xkenneth]

All,

As far as I understand it the newer cRIO models run VxWorks as a base operating system. Is it possible to compile 3rd party code onto these devices? For instance could we run compiled C code, a secondary web-server, a mysql database, etc? Basically is it possible to get a shell to the OS and use it as a general operating system?

Regards,

Ken 

[Justin_P]

Hi Ken,

Obviously anything is possible with enough time and work, but I would like to hear a little more about what you are thinking about doing.  We have a lot of different solutions to any given problem, and I would like to make sure you are using the right tool for the job.

[speleato]

Hello Ken,

If you haven't seen it already you may find this devzone article useful, http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/5694#toc4.

You may also be interested to know that you can access the FPGA from C code using the C Host Interface, http://zone.ni.com/devzone/cda/tut/p/id/8638.

Let me know if you have any other questions,

Sebastian