The survey on the embedded market and RTOS

There are many companies that use real-time systems, that require electronic design or develop custom firmware; often the choice of instruments and software tools are guided by very different thinking.

"Microcontroller firmware development and embedded RTOS" is an initiative that analyses and registers behaviours in the embedded world, identifying the most used RTOS, working tools and the most popular trends in the market sector.

There are about 25 questions (which take 5 minutes on average to answer), it's free and your mail contact is not mandatory.

Results will be published on this blog at the end of the survey, and we will analyze the different answers that were given. Those that will enter an email address at the end of the survey will receive the all the collected data, aggregated by market and by geographical area.

The Goals

Within the questionnaire we ask about 4 fundamental aspects of the market:

• Open Source: the dissemination and appreciation of open software tools.
• Hardware: which are the most popular microcontrollers, what are the parameters relevant to hardware's choice and which are the most important information sources.
• Software Development: what OS / IDE / Tools are common, why are they chosen, what are the most important features, which libraries are popular and what is their life cycle inside the project.
• Real-Time OS: which is the most popular? Do they bring real benefits or are they too complex? What is the best choice between a commercial or open source RTOS solution? What are the expectations on an RTOS?

This initiative is also important to understand how to improve our operating system trying to get closer to professionals' needs.