VectorCAST Technical Resources

System requirements, supported environments, tool integrations, and application notes for the VectorCAST platform

This page covers the technical details you need to plan, configure, and verify a VectorCAST installation. Platform requirements, supported real-time operating systems, tool integrations, licensing prerequisites, and application notes are all covered below.

Works With Your Toolchain

Supported Platforms

VectorCAST is available on 64-bit Windows and 64-bit Linux.

Windows 64-bit

  • Windows 10 or later
  • Windows Server 2016 or later

Linux 64-bit

VectorCAST installs as a third-party package on Linux and is not managed by apt, rpm, or other package managers. Library requirements vary by distribution. The Install Guide contains full details for each supported distribution. The tables below list verified package configurations for three common distributions.

Supported Real-Time Operating Systems

VectorCAST is designed to support any commercial-quality real-time operating system. The VectorCAST Runtime Support Package (VectorCAST RSP) handles download, execution, and result capture using the built-in networking facilities of your target RTOS.

The following is a sample of supported Real-Time Operating Systems. For the complete and current list, visit the VectorCAST Install Guide.

INTEGRITY® / INTEGRITY-178B® / µ-VelOSity™EUROS RTOS™
FreeRTOS™µC/OS™
Hard Hat Linux™ / ELinOSRTEMS™
NEOS™DEOS
MQX™SafeRTOS®
PikeOSWindows CE™ / Windows® XP Embedded
LynxOS™ / LynxOS-178B™ / LynxOS-SE™ThreadX™
QNX Neutrino®embOS™
DSP/Bios™VxWorks® 5.4, 6.x / VxWorks 653® / VxWorks Cert® / VxWorks7 / Simics
Embedded LinuxRTX

Tool Integrations

Licensing

Vector License Client

The Vector License Client (VLC) is available for both Windows and Linux. Supported operating systems for VLC are listed in the KnowledgeBase article: Operating Systems Supported by Vector Products.

FlexNet Publisher

Version requirements for FlexNet Publisher are listed in the VectorCAST Install Guide. If you are using FlexNet Publisher 11.16.4 or higher, the Windows Universal C Runtime (CRT) is required.

Application Notes

RSP Application NoteRelease Date
ARM Keil VHT2025-04-02
IAR2024-08-23
GreenHills ARM64 Ada Compiler2024-08-01
GreenHills ARM64 Ada Integrity2024-08-01
GreenHills Integrity OS2024-06-27
Microchip2023-09-01
RISC-V2023-07-17
Xilinx Zync-7000 QEMU2023-03-16
Xilinx ZCU102 QEMU2023-03-14
TASKING with Tricore Aurix2023-03-13
Keil2023-01-30
HighTec Integration2022-08-22
ARM FVP2022-04-27
DDCI/Deos Integration2022-04-27
QNX 72022-03-15
Application NoteRelease Date
VectorCAST with QEMU2025-04-02
MATLAB Toolbox2023-09-01
IBM CLM2023-07-18
IBM Doors2023-07-13
Jama2022-03-06
Polarion2022-03-06
codeBeamer2022-03-06
Visure Requirements2022-03-01
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