Create a Busybox single-floppy Linux system that includes a kernel, command-line environment and your application. (more…)

For everyone entering the embedded design contest, Tri-M Sytems founder discusses the new MachZ chip and MZ104 board. discusses the new MachZ chip and MZ104 board. (more…)

With only Linux desktop experience, Shane decides to roll his own embedded Linux. See how it stacks up against MS-DOS. (more…)

Think you need a program to get into embedded Linux? Well, here it is. (more…)

Rip it out, make copies, do whatever you have to — just don't lose it! lose it! (more…)

Set up your Linux box as a Palm development platform and write your first application. (more…)

The father of real-time Linux talks to ELJ about the past, present and future of RTLinux. (more…)

Does home automation with Linux make sense? The leader of the Linux Home Automation Project describes his system and looks into the future. (more…)

Pay attention; here's the outline for the first Embedded Linux Journal design project. Journal design project (more…)

Fun and fame: Introducing the Embedded Linux Journal Design Project (more…)

Overcoming the obstacles of building a lean Linux-based MP3 player. (more…)

Dannie Lau, CEO of the company he co-founded in 1999 along with two other UCLA Electrical Engineering graduates, sums up the mission of PhatNoise this way: “As music enthusiasts, we were frustrated by the limited storage and scalability of today's portable digital audio players. So we've gone beyond those concepts and quite literally looked down the road to design products that help users save and sync… (more…)

This article by LinuxDevices.com's Rick Lehrbaum provides a profile of the PhatNoise PhatBox, an car mp3 player powered by an internal embedded Linux computer. The article examines how the device works and what's inside — from both a hardware and software perspective. Lehrbaum writes . . . (more…)

Square D (LaVergne, TN) has embedded Linux inside a newly developed power system monitoring and control appliance. The device, called the POWERLOGIC Thin Server, contains a PC-like ('X86') embedded computer that makes use of Linux and other open source software as its internal operating system environment. (more…)

REDSonic, Inc. (Santa Ana, CA) today announced the close of its first round of funding, totaling $4M. The investment came from technology companies, financial institutions, and venture capitalists in the US, Singapore, and Taiwan. According to Tony Sy, REDSonic Director of Marketing, the funding round was over-subscribed by $0.7M. (more…)