FTF videos: QNX and EtherCAT

Okay, here's a test. What, exactly, is an EtherCAT? Is it:

A beatnik with his head in the sky?

A feline that has inhaled too much anesthetic?

An industrial-strength form of Ethernet for real-time and safety-critical systems?

While you're pondering the answer, check out these videos recorded at last week's Freescale Technology Forum. Among other things, they show how QNX's adaptive partitioning technology ensures that mission-critical processes always get enough CPU time — even when other parts of the system are doing their best to hog the CPU: