UEI Released VxWorks BSP for Zynq UltraScale+ Platforms
The package enables VxWorks 7 deployment on high-performance MPSoC hardware for industrial control systems.
Updated on Sept. 28, 2026 in Semiconductors
Ametek United Electronic Industries (UEI) has released a Board Support Package (BSP) to run the Wind River VxWorks operating system on AMD Xilinx Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC processors. This officially announced integration allows industrial developers to combine deterministic real-time operating system capabilities with UEI hardware architectures.
Why it matters
By bridging the VxWorks ecosystem with Zynq UltraScale+ hardware, this release provides a standardized path for deploying complex control systems on Arm-based multiprocessor platforms. It offers developers a unified toolchain for high-reliability data acquisition tasks.
The BSP enables compatibility with VxWorks 7 across all 4 Arm Cortex-A53 cores on the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC. It includes pre-integrated drivers for Ethernet, USB, serial, eMMC, and M.2 connectivity.
The players
Ametek United Electronic Industries
A manufacturer specializing in ruggedized data acquisition and control systems for industrial and aerospace applications.
Wind River
A software company focused on real-time operating systems and edge computing infrastructure.
AMD Xilinx
A semiconductor company known for its adaptive SoC and FPGA platforms used in embedded processing.
The details
The package utilizes UEI’s PowerDNA architecture—a proprietary hardware abstraction layer—to provide an interface between the operating system and physical input/output modules. Developers access these resources through the PowerDNA C API, which simplifies the creation of applications that interface with the underlying hardware via the Wind River Workbench integrated development environment.
Timeline
The VxWorks BSP availability was announced on September 28, 2026.
The Tech Race
This release positions UEI among the vendors racing to capture the high-end industrial control market shifting toward multicore Arm processors. It follows a pattern of third-party ecosystem expansion designed to leverage the established, deterministic performance of VxWorks on modern heterogeneous computing platforms.
System integrators can now begin porting existing control applications to the Zynq UltraScale+ MPSoC using standard Wind River tools. This workflow change requires familiarity with the PowerDNA C API and assumes access to a valid VxWorks 7 development license.
The takeaway
This release standardizes the deployment of real-time control software on high-performance MPSoC chips, bridging a common gap between hardware performance and software stability. Interested developers should watch for forthcoming documentation on the PowerDNA C API integration with Zynq hardware.
Further reading
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Engineerlive.
