Enable Your Digital Transformation Journey Towards a Smarter, Connected Future
QNX software empowers industrial and energy sectors with reliable, cyber-resilient solutions, from manufacturing plants to wind turbine controllers and smart building management systems. Our foundational software, built for high-stakes, real-time embedded systems, is trusted to deliver operational excellence in the most demanding environments. With safety-certified products like QNX® OS for Safety and QNX® Hypervisor for Safety, designed for applications up to SIL 3 of IEC 61508 and with stringent real-time and performance needs, we ensure your systems are built for safety, resilience, and long-term reliability across industrial, building, and energy applications.
From Mechanization to Autonomy: Shaping the Future of Automation
The industrial, building, and energy sectors have transformed from early mechanical processes and manual controls to sophisticated digital and embedded systems. As technology advanced, the focus shifted toward real-time data and intelligent control, laying the groundwork for smarter, interconnected operations. Today, we’re at a pivotal moment where software-driven autonomy and intelligent automation are redefining what’s possible, driving new efficiencies, and setting new standards in reliability and sustainability.
Empowering Automation and Control with QNX
Our software is foundational to a future of intelligent, autonomous systems across industrial, energy, and building automation. With safety-certified, resilient solutions for critical applications, QNX supports the increasing complexity and demand for real-time, secure, and high-performance operations. Our robust software solutions ensure reliability, safety, and efficiency, enabling smarter, safer environments in even the most challenging settings.
Delivering foundational software that:
Enhances performance and reliability in automation and control systems, ensuring optimal functionality across diverse environments.
Streamlines system operations by reducing processor overhead, minimizing jitter and latency, and ensuring consistent real-time performance.
Supports resilient system behavior with high reliability, enabling robust fault recovery and continuous operation under challenging conditions.
Integrates advanced cybersecurity features in alignment with IEC 62443 standards, protecting critical infrastructure from evolving threats, and ensuring data integrity, secure communications, and system resilience.
Is safety-certified to IEC 61508 SIL 3, accelerating compliance with rigorous safety, and reliability requirements essential for industrial applications.
Build Reliable and Safe IIOT Systems
Optimized Performance
QNX’s microkernel architecture delivers high-performance computing tailored for automation and control applications. Our scalable platform efficiently manages complex tasks such as real-time data processing and is built with fault tolerance and real-time responsiveness, designed to support continuous, high-demand operations across automation and control environments.
Safety and Reliability
Compliant with rigorous safety standards like IEC 61508 SIL 3, QNX foundational software simplifies safety certification for industrial automation and control systems. From manufacturing and energy management to building automation, our toolchains provide a streamlined path to achieving high levels of safety and reliability across diverse and demanding applications.
Secure Platform
QNX offers a secure, resilient foundation with a minimal attack surface, encrypted file systems, and strong isolation and containment features. Designed to meet the cybersecurity demands of IEC 62443, our platform ensures robust data protection and system integrity, essential for protecting critical infrastructure.
Reliable and High-Performance Solutions for Industrial, Building, and Energy Applications
The QNX® OS 8.0 offers a robust combination of reliability and performance, leveraging its microkernel architecture to provide freedom from interference and enhanced fault tolerance. This foundational software reduces latency and jitter, ensuring the predictability and stability essential for high-demand automation, energy management, and building control applications.
Here are tailored examples for nuclear power plants, elevators, and PLCs in the context of industrial, building, and energy automation and control.
- Nuclear Power Plants
- Elevators
- PLCs
In nuclear facilities, reliable, real-time data processing and control are essential for safe and stable operations. The QNX microkernel architecture provides freedom from interference and fault tolerance, ensuring continuous monitoring and precise control of critical systems. Low latency and deterministic response are vital for managing reactor controls, safety mechanisms, and emergency shutdown procedures, delivering the predictability needed in highly regulated environments.
Elevators
Elevator control systems depend on precise timing and reliability to ensure passenger safety and system efficiency. QNX enables smooth, real-time control for elevator functions, such as door operation, acceleration, and emergency braking. The microkernel’s fault tolerance and reduced jitter provide the stability required to handle variable demands across building systems, supporting daily operations and emergency scenarios.
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
PLCs in industrial automation require high performance and real-time response to optimize control processes across manufacturing lines and machinery. With QNX, PLCs benefit from low latency, fault tolerance, and predictable behavior, ensuring uninterrupted control and precise coordination. This architecture minimizes jitter and supports integration with complex automation systems, enhancing efficiency and reliability in fast-paced industrial environments.
Reliable and High-Performance Solutions for Industrial, Building, and Energy Applications
The QNX® OS 8.0 offers a robust combination of reliability and performance, leveraging its microkernel architecture to provide freedom from interference and enhanced fault tolerance. This foundational software reduces latency and jitter, ensuring the predictability and stability essential for high-demand automation, energy management, and building control applications.
Here are tailored examples for nuclear power plants, elevators, and PLCs in the context of industrial, building, and energy automation and control.
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Nuclear Power Plants
In nuclear facilities, reliable, real-time data processing and control are essential for safe and stable operations. The QNX microkernel architecture provides freedom from interference and fault tolerance, ensuring continuous monitoring and precise control of critical systems. Low latency and deterministic response are vital for managing reactor controls, safety mechanisms, and emergency shutdown procedures, delivering the predictability needed in highly regulated environments. -
Elevators
Elevator control systems depend on precise timing and reliability to ensure passenger safety and system efficiency. QNX enables smooth, real-time control for elevator functions, such as door operation, acceleration, and emergency braking. The microkernel’s fault tolerance and reduced jitter provide the stability required to handle variable demands across building systems, supporting daily operations and emergency scenarios. -
Programmable Logic Controllers (PLCs)
PLCs in industrial automation require high performance and real-time response to optimize control processes across manufacturing lines and machinery. With QNX, PLCs benefit from low latency, fault tolerance, and predictable behavior, ensuring uninterrupted control and precise coordination. This architecture minimizes jitter and supports integration with complex automation systems, enhancing efficiency and reliability in fast-paced industrial environments.
Related Solutions
QNX SDP 8.0
Foundational development platform for next-generation systems – merging unprecedented performance with unparalleled security and reliability.
QNX OS for Safety
Pre-certified to IEC 61508 SIL 3, QNX OS for Safety is a microkernel RTOS ideal for building safe devices.
QNX Hypervisor for Safety
Pre-certified to IEC 61508 SIL 3, QNX Hypervisor for Safety allows for mixed-criticality of multiple OSes to safely co-exist on the same SoC.
FAQ about QNX for Industrial, Building and Energy Automation and Control
How does the software ensure reliable operations in critical systems?
The QNX microkernel architecture isolates critical system components, providing freedom from interference and enabling reliable operations even in complex automation environments. Fault-tolerant mechanisms such as component isolation and error detection ensure that issues within one part of the system don’t propagate, thus maintaining overall stability. This architecture is particularly suited for applications where operational continuity is essential.
What makes the system suitable for handling low-latency, high-precision operations in automation?
The QNX RTOS is optimized for hard real-time performance, achieving sub-millisecond response times with minimal jitter. The RTOS guarantees deterministic response behavior, ensuring precision in applications that demand strict timing adherence, such as high-speed machinery control, PLC coordination, and sensor data management in industrial automation. This deterministic behavior supports precise task execution required in real-time environments.
How does QNX help with my cybersecurity needs?
QNX and affiliated products are designed to comply with cybersecurity standards like IEC 62443, cybersecurity in industrial automation, and ISO/IEC 27001, information security management. Our foundational software also provides security features such as data encryption, network isolation, and system monitoring, which facilitate compliance with these standards, supporting resilient operations and reducing vulnerability to cyber threats in critical infrastructure.
What systems are currently using QNX software?
QNX software is widely deployed across the sectors, supporting critical applications that require reliability and precision. For example, it is used in wind turbine controllers and nuclear power plant control systems, providing real-time performance and fault tolerance for energy management. In industrial settings, QNX powers programmable logic controllers (PLCs) and supervisory control and data acquisition (SCADA) systems, ensuring accurate control and monitoring of complex machinery and processes. QNX also supports smart building systems to enhance automation and efficiency in building management.