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Open source camera records geotagged video to SATA HDD — by Andrey Filippov — Foreword: This paper describes a small, Utah-based company overcoming several hardware and software challenges to create an advanced Linux-based camera. Based on an 200MHz Axis ETRAX FS and an FPGA, Elphel's modular 353 camera, combined with several new expansion modules, can now capture geo-tagged video to CompactFlash or 1.8-inch drives....

Guest opinion: Symbian + Nokia = Love — by Andreas Constantinou (Jun. 25, 2008) — Foreword -- This detailed, fact-filled editorial lays out the facts surrounding Nokia's announced intention to buy out its partners and release Symbian to open source. Author Andreas Constantinou, one of the smartest new voices commenting on the wireless market, then looks at what the news really means for the industry. ...

Device Profile: Fiire whole-house media distribution system — (May 21, 2008) —

A company called Fiire is shipping a home automation, media control, and security system based on the open source LinuxMCE distro. Built around a dual-core AMD Athlon X2-based box called the Fiire Engine, the Fiire system also includes FiireStation thin clients and a Z-Wave-based FiireChief controller....

Demystifying embedded code storage — by Numonyx — Foreword -- This whitepaper compares four approaches to storing program code on flash memory, including eXecute-in-place (XIP), fully shadowed, demand paging, and "balanced" XIP. It concludes that the latter approach can save Flash and RAM while lowering launch time, especially when used with the AXFS (advanced XIP filing system)....

Rapid time-to-evaluation -- a key goal for silicon providers — by Alan R. Weiss (Mar. 21, 2008) — Foreword: This article was contributed by an embedded product development consulting firm that often works with Linux. It outlines the role that chip vendor-supplied evaluation kits play in determining time-to-evaluation and ultimately time-to-market, with a candid appraisal of the kits available from three specific chip vendors....

Review: Zonbu Zonbook and gOS Cloudbook — by Henry Kingman (Mar. 19, 2008) —

Foreword -- This hands-on review compares and contrasts two computing appliances that run Linux on Via C7-M processors. The Zonbu Zonbook and the gOS Cloudbook are both manufactured by Everex, and cost about the same up-front, but that's where the resemblances end, our reviewer found....

Device Profile: AlertMe's Zigbee-based home security system — Eric Brown —

AlertMe.com is shipping a ZigBee-based security system centered on a Linux-driven Hub. The AlertMe system includes a variety of sensors, fobs, and other devices that link up via wireless ZigBee connections to the Hub, which in turn reports back to AlertMe.Com's servers and the customer....

Executive Interview: John Bruggeman, CMO of Wind River — Mar. 6, 2008 —

In an interview about two weeks ago with LinuxDevices, Wind River CMO John Bruggeman sounded positively cocky about his company's fortunes. And as usual, the veteran marketer shared plenty of interesting real-world observations -- along with healthy helpings of the expected marketing spin....

Executive Interview: Rusty Harris, CEO of MontaVista — by Eric Brown (Feb. 20, 2008) —

In an interview with LinuxDevices, MontaVista's new president and CEO Russell "Rusty" Harris said the company expects growth in a diverse array of markets, not only carrier-grade and mobile segments. Yet in the mobile space, he also hinted at a possible involvement with Google Android....

Review: DM&P/Icop eBox 4300 — by Eric House (Jan. 23, 2008) —

This hands-on review looks at a small, silent, inexpensive PC based Via's slowest, lowest-powered chip. The Icop eBox-4300 is small enough to piggyback on VESA-compliant monitors, yet actually performs well enough under Linux for desktop use, says reviewer and small-PC enthusiast Eric House....

Glenn Henry on the Isaiah architecture — (Jan. 24, 2008) —

Foreword -- This informal mini-interview with Glenn Henry, president of Via's CenTaur processor division, took place a few days before the unveiling of Via's "Isaiah" architecture. Henry discusses Isaiah's technical merits, market positioning, and competitive prospects against current and future offerings from chip giant Intel. ...

Device Profile: Veracity TimeNet miniature NTP server — (Dec. 7, 2007) —

Veracity UK Ltd used Linux to build a tiny, rugged, low-powered master reference clock server primarily aimed at surveillance camera networks. Based on an embedded computer little larger than an Ethernet connector, the TimeNet runs a GPS-synchronized Stratum-1 NTP Ethernet server, for "evidential-level" timestamping accuracy, ...

Device Profile: Convergent Muse touchscreen automation controller — (Dec. 7, 2007) —

Convergent Living used Linux to build a WiFi-capable automation controller aimed at letting users control HVAC and multimedia equipment in homes or offices. The handheld Companion Muse is one of several energy-efficient, Linux-based touchscreen controllers from Convergent, whose products range from kitchen computers to flatscreen TVs....

28 papers on real-time and embedded Linux — (Nov. 20, 2007) —

LinuxDevices.com is pleased to publish an overview and papers from the Ninth Real-Time Linux Workshop held in Linz, Austria, Nov. 2-3, 2007. The papers, available for free download without registration, span a broad range of topics, ranging from fundamental real-time technologies to applications, hardware, and tools....

A developer's perspective on Google's Android SDK — by John Lombardo (Nov. 15, 2007) —

This in-depth, hands-on article introduces Android, Google's Linux/Java mobile phone SDK (software development kit). After a tour of Android's tools, documentation, and code samples, it suggests a path for further exploration and concludes with a simple applet showing the power and simplicity of the Android environment. ...

Celebrating the Open Source Automation Development Lab's first birthday — by Carsten Emde (Nov. 2, 2007) —

This article celebrates the one-year anniversary of the Open Source Automation Development Lab, an industry group working to improve Linux for use in industrial automation. Included are retrospectives of the group's history and accomplishments, along with an outline of its agenda and ongoing activities. ...

VDC's Report from ESC Boston 2007 — by Steve Balacco, Matt Volckmann, Chris Rommel (Sept. 28, 2007) —

Embedded market analysts from Venture Development Corp. (VDC) attended the Embedded Systems Conference (ESC) held in Boston earlier this month. This guest column presents VDC's summary of the event, extracted from the firm's latest Embedded Systems Bulletin....

Opinion: Mobile Linux is not about free software — by Andreas Constantinou (Sept. 25, 2007) — Foreword: This guest column posits six causes for Linux's meteoric rise in popularity among handset manufacturers. Author Andreas Constantinou, founder of a market research firm, discounts widely accepted truisms like customizability and developer preference for source code access, instead fingering pragmatic factors he says are unrelated to Linux's "free" qualities. ...

Whitepaper: Linux in the Embedded Systems Market — by Matt Volckmann, Steve Balacco, Chris Rommel (Sept. 20, 2007) — Foreword: This whitepaper, by market researchers at Venture Development Corp., provides a number of top-level findings from VDC's most recent analysis of the embedded Linux software, tools, and services market. The findings come from VDC's "2007 Embedded Software Market Intelligence Program -- Volume 3: Linux in the Embedded Systems Market." ...

Using a hypervisor to reconcile GPL and proprietary embedded code — by Bruno Zoppis (Aug. 27, 2007) — Foreword: This guest whitepaper explains how a hypervisor can be used to leverage GPL software while isolating it from proprietary code, in order to ensure compliance with the requirements of the GPL. It was written by a TRANGO Virtual Processors product manager, and uses that company's hypervisor as an example....

Whitepaper: Open Source Best Practice — by Yann Cheri, Anna Schaller, Greg Wilson (Aug. 21, 2007) — Foreword: This guest whitepaper offers suggestions on creating Linux stacks that are fully compatible with proprietary software. It was written by three Access employees, and at times uses the Access Linux Platform (ALP) as an example of such a stack. ...

A review of robotics software platforms — by Michael Somby (Aug. 17, 2007) — Foreword: Today's nascent robotics market has engendered about 10 general purpose software development frameworks for service robots, including nine that support Linux. This article surveys seven of them, and sketches the other three, before concluding with an analysis of market trends likely to shape the robotics software landscape of tomorrow. ...

Linux for the handset: a rising force — by Jim Ready (Aug. 15, 2007) —

Foreword -- This article traces Linux's transformation into one of the most popular mobile phone environments today. It was written by Jim Ready, founder and CTO of MontaVista -- and arguably one of the most important pioneers in the market for off-the-shelf commercial embedded operating systems. ...

Introducing OWB, an open-source browser for consumer devices — by Jean-Charles Verdie (Aug. 1, 2007) —

Foreword: This article by Jean-Charles Verdie, CTO of software development firm Pleyo, introduces the Origyn Web Browser, a new open-source browser that targets a wide range of consumer electronics (CE) devices, including mobile phones, PMPs (portable media players), and STBs (set-top boxes). ...

Device Profile: Levelstar Icon PDA for visually-impaired users — by Henry Kingman (Jul. 25, 2007) —

Levelstar used embedded Linux to create a PDA (personal digital assistant) for visually impaired users. The "Icon" has a custom hardware design with built-in 30GB hard drive, WiFi, Bluetooth, and USB, and comes with a full complement of "life managing software," ...

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