The Real-Time OS for Embedded Software

Streamline your products’ functional safety certifications with our pre-certified microkernel operating system specifically tailored for safety-critical embedded systems and toolchains pre-qualified for building these systems. Ideal for building complex safe systems, the QNX® OS for Safety is a full-featured, real-time OS designed for use in every sector where reliable, functionally safe embedded software is critical: medical devices, industrial controls, aerospace, automotive, power generation, robotics and rail transportation. It includes the safety certificates and documentation you need to correctly develop and certify your safety-critical software systems.

Certify Your Code, Not Your Toolchains

A safety-certified OS and qualified toolchains mean that you’ll have confidence in the software you build, and that you’ll have a quick and smooth certification process. With the QNX OS for Safety you’ll be able to build your systems with C and C++ toolchains classified as TCL3 and T3 according to ISO 26262 and IEC 61508. You’ll need to certify only the parts of the system you build, not the OS you build it on or the toolchains you use to build it.

Safety-Certified Add-Ons

QNX OS for Safety offers add-on products to help you increase the reliability and safety of communications and files within critical automotive systems.

QNX Filesystem for Safety

QNX® Filesystem for Safety (QFS) is a POSIX-compliant read-only filesystem certified to ISO 26262 ASIL B. It verifies the integrity of the filesystem contents upon access at runtime, allowing users to detect if corruption has taken place and take the necessary actions to maintain the safety of the system. QFS is an independent filesystem driver that works in conjunction with other read-write filesystems in the system. It is built upon the QNX Trusted Disk security feature and is compatible with Pathtrust and other QNX OS for Safety security features. 

QNX Black Channel Communications Technology

QNX® Black Channel Communications Technology meets or exceeds the highest functional safety standards and is certified to ISO 26262 ASIL D. Following the Black Channel approach, defined in the IEC 61508 standard, this solution provides reliable data transmission and consumption, greatly reduces the scope of certification and eliminates the need to have a safety-certified communication stack.