A project aiming to create an easy-to-install and use Linux distribution for set-top boxes has announced a raffle aimed at covering expenses. The KnoppMyth project will raffle two complete PVRs (personal video recorders) assembled by project founder Cecil Watson (pictured). (more…)

Auerbach Publications is shipping a book about embedded Linux. Embedded Linux System Design and Development targets systems architects and software developers, and covers the MTD (Memory Technology Device) Flash storage device model, POSIX.1b real-time extensions, uClinux, and porting from traditional… (more…)

Mobile-review has published a lengthy Russian-language article focused on the new “Chameleon” interface in Motorola's Linux-powered Rokr E2 music phone. The article contains over 294 screenshots, many of which are self-explanatory, even to those who do not read Russian. (more…)

[Updated Feb. 3] — Imagination Technologies has published 3D benchmark results for a Texas Instruments (TI) SoC (system-on-chip) that incorporates its 2D/3D accelerated graphics coprocessor IP (intellectual property). (more…)

Foreword: Open source project founder Cecil Watson provides some background on KnoppMyth in this brief project history. The project aims to create an easy-to-install-and-use Linux distribution for set-top boxes. (more…)

FSMLabs reports that its real-time Linux OS is being used in three R&D projects involving wireless communications systems. The projects involve software-defined radio, saving power with directional antennas, and cellular/IPv6 network interoperation. (more…)

iRobot used embedded Linux to build an autonomous unmanned ground vehicle (UGV) aimed at military scouting, guarding, and hauling applications. The “R-Gator” is based on John Deere's diesel-powered, 658cc M-Gator military utility vehicle platform, with control, navigation, and object-avoidance systems based on BlueCat… (more…)

A tiny SBC (single-board computer) that runs uClinux on an FPGA (field-programmable gate array) with a softcore is now available as a GPL'd hardware design. SSV Embedded Systems says anyone can now build its DIL/NetPC ADNP/ESC1, which targets Ethernet-enabled designs with very long… (more…)

Rugged systems specialst Parvus Corporation has hired Clark Roundy as VP of sales and marketing. Roundy has 15 years experience in the embedded and super-computing industries, and will be charged with driving application-specific solutions into new markets, while maintaining current sales programs. (more…)

Foreword: This whitepaper from FSMLabs describes the use of the company's RTLinux real-time Linux operating system in three research and development projects involving ad hoc wireless networking technology for military and civil service applications. The projects involve software-defined radio, saving power with directional antennas, cellular/IPv6 network interoperation. (more…)