Irish space technology company O.C.E. Technology said it has successfully demonstrated OCEOS - its new real-time operating system for microcontrollers on spacecraft - at the European Space Agency.
O.C.E. Technology is headquartered at NovaUCD, the Centre for New Ventures and Entrepreneurs at University College Dublin.
It develops software for technical applications and supplies radiation-hardened chip-level components targeted primarily at the space and high-reliability sectors.
Its OCEOS software occupies a tiny amount of memory and includes the operational checks and recovery procedures required for mission critical subsystems on satellites and other spacecraft.
O.C.E. Technology said its software is compliant with ESA's safety category regulations for spacecraft.
The company said its operationg system is also considered suitable for motor and medical applications such as engine management, emissions monitoring, therapeutic devices and dialysis machines.
"We are very excited to have developed and successfully demonstrated only the second safety category B operating system approved for the European Space Agency," commented Barry Kavanagh, the chief executive of O.C.E. Technology.
"OCEOS has some unique features such as prevention of software deadlocks and precision timing for control outputs," he said.
"O.C.E. is currently selling to the aerospace market but OCEOS will create new opportunities for the company in other high-growth and global markets such as automotive and medical," Barry Kavanagh added.
