Design and Implementation of a Development Automation Framework for RTEMS

The reliability of real-time operating system (RTOS)-based software is becoming increasingly critical in aerospace systems. RTEMS, a representative aerospace operating system, offers various development and packaging tools to support pre-qualification efforts. However, its ecosystem presents significant challenges regarding the complexity of development environment setup and qualification. To address these complexity in the development and qualification lifecycle, this paper designs and implements a development automation framework specifically for the RTEMS operating system. The proposed framework provides a convenient development environment based on Docker container technology. It features an assistant tool integrated into the IDE that automatically generates complex system configuration files based on user input. Furthermore, this paper proposes a GUI-based automation tool to streamline the execution, verification, and result analysis stages of the qualification process.