Qt/Embedded extends the ease and speed of Qt to embedded application development. (more…)

To keep up with increasing demands for wireless phone coverage, Transcept, Inc. created a system on Linux that also helps keep the cost of coverage down. (more…)

Anywhere data needs to be stored and organized, a database is needed. Sid shows what's available. (more…)

Readers bite back.

Useful and Exciting (more…)

Use a CompactFlash card as a nonmechanical alternative to a disk drive. (more…)

Lombardo reveals the difference between developing a meaningful application and a doorstop. (more…)

Can Linux read your handwriting? Embedded Linux takes addresses to barcodes. (more…)

In my writings about past Embedded Systems Conferences, I've characterized the impact of Linux on the embedded market as a “disruptive technology” that was rewriting the rules of the game. Not any more — the disruption now appears to be complete! Linux is now a full-fledged, mainstream participant in the embedded market, judging by the software, hardware, and tools exhibited at this year's annual… (more…)

Foreword: This article is the sixth in a LinuxDevices.com series on Exploring Linux PDA Alternatives by Jerry Epplin that explores the history, status, alternative architectures, and future developments of Linux on PDAs and handheld devices. In this installment, Epplin takes a close-up look at the new Agenda VR3 Linux PDA, from both a user and developer point of view, and… (more…)

Recently, the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) announced their intention to establish a “single unified specification for an embedded Linux platform” to be known as the “ELC Platform Specification”. (more…)

You already knew you could use a Linux box to create your own “Internet radio” station that streams MP3s onto the 'net, right? But did you know you could turn your Linux system into a real radio transmitter, using nothing but the system's parallel port as the wireless media interface? (more…)

Question: What happens when you combine one multimedia producer, one chemist-turned-programmer, and one technologist, add a healthy dose of Linux, and stir? (more…)

The ELC initiative for a unified open platform for embedded Linux (the ELC Platform Specification) is a watershed event for the embedded industry. One of the most tantalizing promises of Linux for this highly fragmented market is the possibility of a single, open, multi-vendor standard platform for embedded software. (more…)

This is a copy of the slide presentation on the newly proposed ELC Platform Specification that was given by Dr. Inder Singh at the ELC's annual membership meeting on April 9, 2001. Singh is the Chairman of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) and is also CEO of LynuxWorks. (more…)

This guest editorial by Jim March is based on the statement that he read at the annual meeting of the Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) in San Francisco, CA on April 9, 2001. In it, March expresses his concerns relative to using GPL software in embedded system applications, and urges the ELC to propose a revision to the GPL in order to mitigate those concerns. (more…)