Features

• Embedded Real-Time Linux for Instrument Control and Data Logging, by Sam Clanton — The Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer is a scientific instrument that requires accurate data… (more…)

Lowell, MA — (press release excerpt) — Mission Critical Linux today announced that it will restructure its business to concentrate on its Convolo family of High Availability software products and will exit the general Linux operating system support and professional services business. (more…)

Framingham, MA — (press release exerpt) — NMS Communications introduced the first Linux version of its Natural Access development environment. Now equipment providers can readily create Linux-based, next-generation telecommunications solutions such as speech-driven services, conferencing, IVR, unified messaging, IP gateways, voice portals, and customer contact centers. (more…)

EE Times reports that IBM is talking about setting up the PowerPC 405LP (low power) architecture as a direct competitor to Intel's XScale, as well as stepping up their support for embedded Linux. David Lammers writes . . . (more…)

Santa Ana, CA — (press release excerpt) — REDSonic, Inc., today announced a product policy change in response to the distinctly positive developer review of RED-Builder 2.0 XE by Jerry Epplin of LinuxDevices.com. (more…)

In the latest feature at PMN Publications, Sandra Vogel and Marek Pawlowski review Sharp's Zaurus development model, the “SL-5000D” Linux/Java-based PDA, and interview Mark Klein, Sharp's notebooks and handhelds Marketing Manager. Vogel and Pawlowski write . . . (more…)

Mount Laurel, NJ — (press release excerpt) — Technobox, Inc. demonstrated the operation of its new x86-based Processor PMC (PrPMC) during the 2002 Bus and Board Conference that was recently held in Long Beach, California. With the introduction of its x86 Processor PMC Platform Model 3797, Technobox breaks new ground for PrPMC designs. (more…)

In this article at SD Times, Steven J. Vaughn-Nichols observes that open source embedded operating systems can be a viable alternative to proprietary systems, but only under the right circumstances. Vaughn-Nichols writes . . . (more…)

MontaVista's 2.1 Release Adds KDevelop

MontaVista has removed Hard Hat from its name and added the KDevelop integrated development environment (IDE) to its 2.1 release. KDevelop offers a choice of user interface look-and-feel modes, including one that is similar to Microsoft Visual C++. (more…)

How much should users be able to customize embedded products they buy? A whole lot, says one reader. (more…)

Why the RTLinux patent license is a good thing.

I ran into Jim Ready, CEO of MontaVista, at the LinuxWorld Expo in New York City, and he's understandably happy about the MontaVista 2.1 release, which adds a lot of new functionality. (more…)

Fifteen-mile internet connections through thin air–with a bit of help from Linux. (more…)

Kevin continues his real-time series by examining efforts to bring real-time capabilities to applications by improving the Linux kernel. (more…)

Timotej and Manica get you started–develop your first PDA application with Qtopia, and test it on your desktop before your new Zaurus comes. (more…)

Here's how to get started developing the code for your next high-altitude atmospheric research project, or anything else where a hard real-time task needs to communicate with other software. (more…)