We realize industrial-grade Linux

Stable and reliable processes throughout the entire software life cycle

emlix offers industrial-grade Linux for the digitalization and secure networking of devices, machines and plant throughout the entire product life cycle. Our security and safety enables our customers to use embedded Linux in many different domains.   

For 25 years, we have been transferring system knowledge, innovations from the open source world and market knowledge into the products of our more than 350 customers. Product-specific software platforms from emlix are in successful use millionfold worldwide. 

Linux for Safe Applications

Success Story Elektrobit Automotive GmbH
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In April 2024 a completely new approach to run SIL2 safety applications directly on a Linux system has been presented to the public: Elektrobit’s EB corbos Linux for safety applications (EbcLfSA) is the first OS-solution assessed by TÜV Nord to be compliant with safety standards up to SIL2/ASILB and based on embedded Linux.

It is suitable for use in ISO 26262 as well as IEC 61508 projects as it can perform safety functions up to SIL2/ ASILB.

Besides very positive press releases so far, the product won the CES innovation award in Vehicle Tech & Advanced mobility 2025. At the Embedded World 2025 the supervisor software has been nominated for the Embedded Award in the category safety & security.

emlix as an Embedded Linux specialist was part of this ambitious project from the beginning. Our main task was to put the Linux kernel under the control of a supervisory element, which enables safety-critical applications to be run in a Linux environment.

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Innovative solutions for industrial products

Our core competence is the conception, qualification, composition and development of embedded Linux systems and hardware-near product features. We thereby observe the relevant norms for the respective industry closely.

Our quality-assured solutions are based on mainline Linux, distributions such as Yocto, Buildroot, PTXdist and Android as well as other industrially proven open source components and commonly used tools.

Process-secure implementation

We offer you development tools and processes that are especially designed for industrial requirements:

e2factory offers build and process automation that guarantees reproducibility over the entire software life cycle. The emlix Test Application Framework (TAF) enables automation and traceability of hardware-near tests with report generation.

Reliable life-cycle support

Our service spectrum includes process-compatible maintenance and ensuring of the IT security as well as functional security throughout the entire product life cycle.

Furthermore, emlix accompanies its customers in quality and safety audits – during both development and life cycle maintenance.

News

eLSA Symposium - Open source software in safe and secure systems

Join the discussion on „maintainable safety“ and open-source components for high-performance computing. Have a finger on the pie for new dimensions in…

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Technical Lecture: An Approach to a Maintainable OS-solution Based on Embedded Linux, Safe and Secure

  • Community, Vortrag, emlix News, Events

Are you interested in running SIL2 safety applications on Linux? Take a look a the paper by our collegue Dr. Michael Armbruster.

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Success Story: Elektrobit - Linux for Safe Applications

  • Community, OS Contributions

In April 2024 a completely new approach to run SIL2 safety applications directly on a Linux system has been presented to the public: Elektrobit’s EB…

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Valuable experience from current projects

CVE Monitoring

egislators as well as the compliance departments of operators increasingly expect manufacturers to provide IT security management processes in order to guarantee the respective current software version. The reality, however, is that industrial products and critical infrastructure often contain outdated and insecure software components.

emlix focuses on economical software life-cycle management for embedded Linux systems.

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Safe Linux

With the extent to which high-performance CPUs are taking over safety-critical areas, the necessity increases of providing a high-performance operating system that is able to fully utilize the resources of the hardware. Linux is increasingly being chosen for this purpose.

In this context, emlix is an active player with projects in the areas of medical technology, industry and automotive, in which embedded Linux has become established in the area of functional security.

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emlix is an innovative company with agile working methods. As a provider of systems solutions, we offer our customers a wide portfolio of services and our colleagues a broad range of possible fields of activity.

With our approach of implementing industrial-grade Linux in industrial processes with process conformity and open source compliance we have a special position on the market and actively extend the areas of use of embedded Linux.

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Security Audit

Outdated and therefore insecure software components in industrial products or critical infrastructure are a major risk factor in terms of cyber attacks. Norms such as IEC 62304 for medical device software as well as the compliance departments of customers therefore expect increased IT security management processes and sophisticated risk evaluation.

For a fast evaluation and improvement of the IT security of existing systems with open source software, the emlix Security Audit provides a simple and economical basis.

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ISO 9001

Certifiable processes, open source software (OSS) and agile development according to high quality standards are not conflicting requirements for emlix but constitute a future-orientated overall concept.

emlix is certified according to DIN EN ISO 9001:2015 and develops in accordance with the norms in a diverse range of projects (e.g. according to IEC61508 and IEC62304).

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