Lineo Solutions (Japan) announced embedded Linux support for an ARM920-based reference board from in-circuit emulator specialist Yokogawa Digital Computer Corporation (YDC).

(Click for larger view of YDC board running Lineo ELITE, and the advicePOCKET JTAG emulator)

Lineo's support for YDC's A-Plat board takes the form of a board support package (BSP) implementing Lineo's uLinux Consumer Electronics Edition (CE Edition) embedded Linux distribution, which is supplied via a plugin for Lineo's Java-based “uLinux ELITE” cross development environment. YDC's Windows-based “advicePLUS” debug tool is also supported.

Lineo CEO Yoshinobu Ushiyama said, “The integrated use of advice PLUS and uLinux ELITE BSP via JTAG enables product designers to debug Linux kernel and kernel source code with [the] A-plat universal reference board for ARM920 without being conscious of loading or booting addresses.”

Lineo says its uLinux CE Edition features hard-real-time support in kernel space, a power management framework, quick booting time with kernel XIP (execute in place), and mission critical memory management. The company lists the following features for its uLinux ELITE development tool:

• Support both Linux and Windows host, by taking full advantage of platform-independent attributes of Java.
• A GUI-based work-bench and Java-based applications guide developers through sequential operations, focusing on the six key processes of embedded Linux development:
  • Project Creation Wizard
  • Configuration tool
  • Build tool
  • Target image editor
  • Deploy wizard
  • Debug wizard
• Supported CPUs: SH, ARM, MIPS, i386 available now; XScale and PowerPC in process

Lineo will demonstrate the A-plat BSP at the “Embedded Technology 2003” this week in Yokohama, Japan and plans to start shipping this month.

 
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