A sampling unit based on PowerPC hardware platform and embedded Linux operating system is introduced. The former can simultaneously communicate with four merging units via IEC 61850-9-1 with network coordination processor of PowerPC and a PCI-based extended Ethernet interface. First, the scheduling principle of Linux is analyzed and some optimization is employed for practical application of power system. Then, the implementation method of high real-time ability and reliability of network with embedded Linux operating system on PowerPC hardware platform is depicted. In addition, the check situation in the experiment of SCS-600(a digital control device for security and stability) is presented. The result shows that the sampling unit can work well with four merging units based on IEC 61850-9-1, and it is able to satisfy the requirement of information sampling with high-speed sampling and high reliability for the control device of security and stability.