Curtiss-Wright Controls has introduced a common API platform which it claims will speed up the integration of radar and video processing subsystems.

Designated RVL+, it comprises a set of C-language software libraries that enable system integrators to add functionality such as radar acquisition, video mixing and radar scan-conversion into their applications.

The common API interface provided by RVL+ is designed to simplify the generation of software applications.

The common software interface makes all of the functionality of each of the individual modules accessible to the system integrator.

RVL+ servers can be co-located on one single board computer or distributed across multiple cores, CPUs or hosts.

The client-side API supports multi-threaded applications and also supports the X Window graphics environment.

Software support for RVL+ includes drivers for the Linux/x86, Linux/PowerPC and VxWorks operating environments.

See http://www.cwcembedded.com