Embedded Linux Built for Industrial IoT
Embedded Linux
Industrial IoT products — gateways, controllers, robotics platforms and edge devices — need connectivity and analytics without losing deterministic control or field serviceability.
MontaVista CGX Linux provides the maintained Linux foundation beneath them, for industrial OEM engineering teams building equipment that stays in production for a decade.
On the plant network, MVShield maintains the MES, SCADA and historian servers whose Linux version is fixed by the automation vendor's validated configuration, allowing security patching to continue without triggering a revalidation of the line.
- Protocol translation and device connectivity for gateway and controller workloads
- Real-time Linux options, fast boot and defined recovery paths for control loops
- Containers and virtualisation for separating control logic from telemetry and UI workloads
- Ongoing CVE response, staged field updates and rollback planning
- Platform migration options as industrial hardware baselines are refreshed
Create industrial IoT gateways that translate field-device data, enforce policy at the edge, and connect operations technology to cloud and enterprise systems.
Support control, monitoring, and analytics workloads where response time, boot behavior, and recovery paths influence production uptime.
Maintain deployed products with security updates, CVE response, platform migration options, and support for long-lived industrial hardware.
The factory floor is becoming software-defined, but it still cannot tolerate downtime.
Industrial IoT platforms now collect machine data, run edge logic, connect to cloud services, and support remote operations. The challenge is adding intelligence without weakening deterministic control, equipment availability, or security posture.
How can industrial OEMs add connectivity, analytics, and remote service while keeping control loops predictable and deployed systems maintainable?
Operational continuity
Industrial devices must stay available across power events, network interruptions, temperature swings, and harsh production environments.
Update discipline
Field updates need rollback planning, staged deployment, and minimal disruption to production lines and service teams.
Security over time
Connected equipment requires ongoing vulnerability monitoring, patch planning, and documentation across product lifetimes.
Edge workload complexity
Control logic, protocol translation, user interfaces, telemetry, and analytics often share constrained embedded hardware.
A production Linux foundation for industrial IoT products.
MontaVista CGX Linux helps industrial teams standardize the software layer beneath gateways, controllers, robotics platforms, and edge devices with commercial support, BSP expertise, real-time options, and lifecycle security practices.
Supported embedded Linux
Start with a maintained Linux foundation designed for connected products rather than a one-off board bring-up effort.
Industrial edge integration
Add protocols, device connectivity, containers, virtualization, and workload tuning for gateway and controller use cases.
Field lifecycle support
Plan for vulnerability response, update workflows, hardware refreshes, and migration needs after deployment.
Security-ready platform
- Secure defaults for connected devices
- Maintained open-source components
- Lifecycle practices for CVE response
Industrial connectivity
- Bridge legacy equipment and new sensors
- Support gateway, edge, and cloud patterns
- Integrate wired, wireless, and field interfaces
Time-sensitive operation
- Real-time Linux options
- Fast boot and recovery planning
- Performance tuning for control workloads
Modern workload design
- Containers for service modularity
- Virtualization for workload separation
- Platform structure for mixed applications
Where Industrial IoT teams use MontaVista.
Use CGX Linux and MontaVista engineering expertise anywhere connected industrial equipment needs secure connectivity, predictable behavior, and long-term serviceability.
Industrial gateways
Translate protocols, consolidate machine data, enforce edge security, and connect factories to cloud or enterprise platforms.
Smart controllers
Run local control, monitoring, HMI, and update services on a maintained Linux base for process and discrete automation.
Robotics platforms
Move ROS2 and Yocto-based robotics software from lab environments into supportable embedded products.
Edge-connected assets
Deploy low-latency industrial edge nodes for sensors, infrastructure, analytics, and private-network-connected equipment.
Design for the full industrial device lifecycle.
Industrial IoT programs rarely end at launch. Teams need a maintainable platform for security response, hardware evolution, software updates, and product-line reuse across multiple device generations.
Keep the software platform serviceable after deployment.
MontaVista helps reduce lifecycle risk by combining embedded Linux maintenance, security response, BSP continuity, migration planning, and production-focused engineering support.
Industrial outcome: fewer one-off forks, clearer update paths, and a Linux baseline that can evolve with hardware and customer requirements.
Industrial IoT success is measured in years, not demos.
A device that works in the lab must keep working on the factory floor across software updates, hardware refreshes, cybersecurity events, and evolving customer requirements.
Embedded Linux depth
- Commercial embedded Linux expertise
- Open-source integration with lifecycle confidence
- Flexible engagement models for product teams
Lifecycle maintenance
- Long-term support and maintenance
- Security-first engineering and CVE care
- Migration planning for older Linux and RTOS baselines
Hardware enablement
- Hardware enablement and BSP support
- Support for modern and legacy embedded SoCs
- Board-specific tuning for industrial deployments
Product-oriented support
- Solution-oriented engineering support
- Guidance for secure field updates and operations
- Expert help from design through maintenance
Ready to build a more maintainable Industrial IoT platform?
Talk with MontaVista about embedded Linux, CGX, BSP support, real-time behavior, secure update planning, and lifecycle maintenance for your connected industrial product.
