Axis Communications, a pioneer in embedding Linux in smart appliances and one of 37 founding members of the BlueTooth Special Interest Group, announced that it has joined three Bluetooth technical working groups and intends to be highly proactive in efforts to advance the development of emerging Bluetooth standards. (more…)

ZDNet editor Will Knight reports that embedded Linux is looking like a good horse to back in Western and Northern Europe. Knight writes . . . (more…)

A preliminary version of the RTAI real-time extension for Linux is now available for testing with Linux kernel 2.4.xx. Paolo Mantegazza, RTAI project leader, says the new release “is a relatively advanced porting of RTAI to the approaching Linux [kernel] 2.4.xx, both for [Intel-x86] and PowerPC architectures”. (more…)

Steven J. Vaughan Nichols, writing at [email protected] Partner, takes a look at the growing trend of using Linux as the operating system embedded within Information Appliances. Nichols surveys the main embedded OS alternatives (including those from Microsoft, Wind River, and Embedded Linux vendors), explains why Embedded Linux is gaining momentum, and gives some advice on how to select an Embedded Linux software… (more…)

A project I've been working very hard on has finally come to fruition: the ViewML open source browser. It's specifically targeted towards resource-constrained Linux based embedded systems and Internet Appliances. I thought I'd share a little behind-the-scenes info about why we did it, what we're trying to accomplish, and its current status. (more…)

An embedded Linux tsunami washed ashore yesterday in Tokyo. A handful of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, including Fujitsu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, NEC, and Toshiba, added their weight to the launch of a vendor-neutral Japanese embedded Linux organization. The goal is to promote use of the Linux operating system within a broad spectrum of next-generation intelligent devices. (more…)

Lineo has announced the release of version 0.46 of BusyBox, the popular “swiss army knife” utility suite for embedded Linux systems. The update fixes several bugs, provides improved portability kernel versions (2.0, 2.2, and 2.4), sports a completely reworked 'grep' and 'sed', and provides several other new features of value to emdedded system designers. (more…)

NETsilicon is seeking experienced embedded developers to participate in a Beta Program for the company's embedded Linux and embedded Java products. Qualified developers should . . .

• be a current developer in an embedded environment
• be comfortable with multi-vendor development environments
• want to provide input into the final product feature set
• are willing to participate in… (more…)

Bluepoint Linux Software Corp. today announced “Bluepoint Embedded” an embedded Linux solution for Internet appliances. Bluepoint Embedded is targeted towards Set-top Box, WebTV, Thin-Clients, and other Internet appliance applications. The following is an excerpt from Bluepoint's announcement about the new Embedded Linux product . . . (more…)

LinuxDevices.com has initiated another new Embedded Linux Poll. This latest poll will assist Embedded Linux product, service, and training providers in understanding the needs of developers who use Linux in their embedded system projects.

The question posed is: “What are the main development challenges?” Respondents are asked to select and prioritize their top three development challenges,… (more…)

LinuxDevices.com editor Rick Lehrbaum takes a look at the impact of “an embedded Linux tsunami” that washed ashore in Tokyo, yesterday, as a handful of the world's largest electronics manufacturers, including Fujitsu, Hitachi, Mitsubishi, NEC, and Toshiba, added their weight to the launch of a vendor-neutral Japanese embedded Linux organization. (more…)

Here is the complete English text of today's press release announcing the launch a Japanese embedded Linux consortium . . . (more…)

MontaVista today established a base of operations in Tokyo, Japan, and named Hitoshi Arima to serve as General Manager of the new MontaVista Japan operation. Arima is no stranger to the real-time operating system (RTOS) market, having recently served as Managing Director of Japan Operations for Software Development Systems (SDSI), which was acquired by Integrated Systems in 1999. (more…)

Greg Haerr, creator of the open source Microwindows embedded Linux GUI and president of Century Software, and Chief Strategist of GUI Technologies for Hard Hat Linux developer MontaVista Software, today jointly announced an open source browser for Linux-based Internet appliances and embedded systems. (more…)

A group of companies in Japan has launched a Japanese embedded Linux organization, according to a report from Reuters/CNNFN. The new organization, dubbed EMBLIX, is completely separate from the efforts of the 100-company Embedded Linux Consortium and seems to have a somewhat different orientation. (more…)