Sharp used MontaVista Software's embedded Linux platform as the basis for the HG-01S, also known as “Galileo,” an $850 home digital information server introduced in Japan last March. Galileo combines personal video recorder (PVR) and video on demand (VOD) functions with wireless access point, broadband gateway, and set-top box… (more…)

MontaVista Software and Omron Software have announced that Omron's new development framework for Japanese-language input systems is now available on MontaVista's embedded Linux distribution. Omron says the framework, known as MobileWnn IMF for Qt/Embedded (MIMQ), eases the development of Japanese text input capabilities on space-limited input devices such as cell phones and mobile devices. (more…)

This article gives you an overview of how you can use the built-in debugging features in the Eclipse Platform for debugging your software projects. It covers debug view, Java debugging, setting break points, conditional break points, evaluating expressions, viewing variables, hot-swap bug fixing, remote debugging, debugging other languages, and more. (more…)

Industrial single board computer (SBC) supplier WinSystems has created a $300 embedded Linux development kit based on Red Hat that supports many of its x86-based PC/104, EBX, and STD SBCs. WinSystems markets its ruggedized, temperature-tolerant boards for heavy manufacturing, COTS/military, communications, transportation,… (more…)

When debugging Linux kernel problems, being able to trace the kernel execution and examine its memory and data structures can be extremely useful. KDB, the Linux kernel debugger, is essentially a patch to the kernel code that provides access to kernel memory and data structures, without requiring an additional machine for debugging — that is, you can debug the kernel that you are running on. (more…)

IBM has published the following eight technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its developerWorks and alphaWorks websites. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics. Some require free registration. (more…)

This article gives you an overview of how you can use the built-in debugging features in the Eclipse Platform for debugging your software projects. It covers debug view, Java debugging, setting break points, conditional break points, evaluating expressions, viewing variables, hot-swap bug fixing, remote debugging, debugging other languages, and more. (more…)

When debugging kernel problems, being able to trace the kernel execution and examine its memory and data structures is very useful. The built-in kernel debugger in Linux, KDB, provides this facility. In this article you'll learn how to use the features provided by KDB and how to install and set up KDB on a Linux machine. (more…)

DotGNU, the GNU Project's Free Software alternative to Microsoft's .NET initiative, has made a CD release for version 0.1. The release now compiles on multiple platforms and supports web services and a PHP groupware suite, the group says. (more…)

Developers evaluating non-commercial sources of Linux to serve as the basis of embedded development projects now have a new option to consider, with the first release today from the open source Fedora Project. Fedora is a Red Hat sponsored, community supported open source project providing a “complete technology platform” built exclusively from open source software. (more…)

We asked the question “World's first native-DSP Linux port?” and an astute reader dropped us an email with news of another native-DSP Linux port — one to Analog Devices Inc.'s (ADI's) Blackfin DSP. (more…)

Have you ever dreamed of building your own Linux-based droid [that could] roam around your home autonomously, intelligently obeying your commands?” asks Dafydd Walters. “You may now be able to finally fulfill your dream.” (more…)

Updated Nov. 6, 2003 — Start-up Softier claims to have produced the first usable implementation of Linux on a single-core digital signal processor (DSP). The company says its technology can perform real-time encoding/decoding of DVD quality video at 30 frames/second while simultaneously running standard Linux and standard Linux application software. (more…)

MontaVista Software has established open source community projects for several key technologies used in the design of Linux-based consumer electronics devices. The company says it hopes the contributions will become part of standard Linux and will foster the evolution of Linux as a platform for digital consumer electronics devices. (more…)

“Have you ever dreamed of building your own Linux-based droid [that could] roam around your home autonomously, intelligently obeying your commands?” asks Dafydd Walters. “You may now be able to finally fulfill your dream.” Walters founded and leads the Open Automaton Project (OAP), which aims to help enthusiasts assemble an intelligent mobile robot with stereo vision and state-of-the-art PC mainboard… (more…)