Rapita launches trial version of execution time analysis tools

Rapita Systems announced today the availability of trial version of the RapiTime execution time measurement and analysis software. The trial version is a ready-to-go kit that includes a compiler, a microcontroller simulator, example applications and the RapiTime software. RapiTime helps developers of embedded, real-time systems to prove that their applications meet performance requirements, and pinpoints where to optimise applications that don't meet these requirements. RapiTime makes a series of highly detailed measurements of the execution time of your application on its target hardware. Using a model derived from static analysis of the software, RapiTime analyses the timing behaviour of your embedded, real-time application to tell you:

• Performance measurements including Worst-Case Execution Time (WCET), minimum, maximum and average execution time.
• Probability distribution of execution times of your code at different levels of detail.
• Code coverage: show which lines of code have been executed by your tests.
• Which lines of code lie on the critical path of the WCET.

RapiTime’s Eclipse plug-in allows you to explore the timing analysis results at levels of detail that range from the entire application to functions or even lines of code. "We're really excited about the trial version" said Andrew Coombes, Marketing Manager at Rapita Systems. "It provides an all-in-one solution for anyone with an interest in real-time systems to experience and explore the latest version of RapiTime". The trial version includes a 30 day trial licence for the RapiTime v2.1 software, a tutorial guide, example applications, an ARM9 Simulator and a compiler for the simulator. To request a copy of the evaluation version, please visit http://www.RapitaSystems.com/evaluation.