Mango Hypervisor

Mango hypervisor is a piece of software that allows running several operating systems (guests) in full isolation on a single system. Hardware resources and peripheral devices are assigned statically to every guest.

Virtualization makes possible a whole new class of applications in the embedded systems industry. For example, running several operating systems of different safety integrity levels (SIL) on a single chip. Mango runs them completely isolated from each other. The guests run on the defined subset of the physical hardware with native performance and bounded worst-case latency.

One other aspect of today’s embedded systems is exploding complexity. With Mango, you may choose operating systems that fit your requirements and run them together on the same hardware. For instance, your Linux-based product requires fast response after turning on. Or you need a modern Android GUI for a product with hard real-time requirements. With Mango, the guest systems can run unmodified; costly standard OS adaptations are not necessary. Guests can communicate with each other.

Mango features

ARM virtualization extension support
Guest OS boot image caching
Fast partition boot
Real-time support
Sample guest OS
Software watchdog for partitions
Cross-partition communication data channel
Management console
Small code base
Driver development API for physical and virtual devices

ilbers GmbH provides services around the whole lifecycle of your product development with Mango.

Evaluation Kit

Mango Hypervisor can be evaluated as a part of LotOS Framework: Download Getting Started Guide.