Many embedded developers find it difficult to identify real-time requirements at the beginning of a project. However, you can use standard BlueCat® Linux® today to build your embedded application and then augment its real-time functionality later, as needed.

Using the LynuxWorks™ open-standards approach, you can later:

1. Run your real-time applications under a real-time operating system (RTOS) with Linux as a separate task, or
   
2. Use a Linux-compatible RTOS kernel such as LynxOS® instead. LynxOS combines uncompromising determinism with Linux compatibility. Hence, applications that have been developed with BlueCat Linux can be moved onto LynxOS with no porting costs and with minimal effort or delay.

See also: Strategies for Developing Embedded Applications.