LynuxWorks is shipping a version of its embedded Linux OS tailored to a PowerPC SoC from AMCC targeting imaging, telematics, and industrial control. BlueCat Linux for the PowerPC 440EP is available with a range of Linux development tools, and an evaluation version is bundled with AMCC's 440EP Linux development kit.

AMCC shipped its Linux development kit for the 440EP in late June, calling the kit one of the most comprehensive embedded Linux development kits available. Along with sample applications, benchmarks, and a custom development board from Embedded Planet, the kit comes bundled with evaluation versions of Linux distributions and tools from LynuxWorks, Embedded Toolsmiths and Denx.

BlueCat Linux for the 440EP includes a 2.6-series Linux kernel, and balances high performance with low power, LynuxWorks says. AMCC customers can use the bundled version in AMCC's Linux development kit as a starting point for their embedded designs, LynuxWorks says.

Additionally, 440EP customers can use LynuxWorks tools to expedite their projects, the company says. Its commercial Linux tools offerings include:

• VisualLynux, a Microsoft VisualStudio .NET IDE that enables developers to build applications in a Windows host environment
• SpyKer — An embedded systems event trace tool for gathering, displaying, and interacting with data related to applications
• Luminosity — An Eclipse- and Java-based IDE that supports BlueCat Linux, as well as LynuxWorks's proprietary LynxOS RTOS (real-time operating system)

LynuxWorks's VP of marketing, Bob Morris, said, “We remain committed and focused in supporting AMCC's entire line of embedded processors.”

LynuxWorks in February shipped a Linux BSP for AMCC's 440GX, targeting networking and storage applications.

More information about the 440EP SoC can be found here, while details about the cryptographically enhanced 440EPx and 440GRx can be found here.

 
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