F Prime is a component-based framework designed for the development and deployment of embedded and spaceflight software. It provides a modular architecture that decouples software logic from communication interfaces, allowing developers to define system structures through a domain-specific modeling language. This model-based approach enables automated code generation, ensuring consistency across complex system topologies while maintaining strict interface contracts between software modules.
The framework distinguishes itself through its integrated build system and ground data operations suite. It automates the entire lifecycle of embedded software, from cross-compilation and dependency management to the generation of telemetry and command interfaces. By providing a unified environment for both onboard flight software and ground-based monitoring, it facilitates seamless integration, testing, and command-and-control of distributed embedded systems across diverse hardware platforms.
Beyond its core architecture, the project includes comprehensive tools for system observability, including real-time telemetry visualization, event logging, and diagnostic tracing. It supports a wide range of deployment scenarios, from bare-metal environments to real-time operating systems, and provides mechanisms for memory management, state-driven behavior modeling, and asynchronous task execution.
The project is maintained as a C++ repository with extensive documentation and build-system support for cross-platform development.
