FSMLabs has hired Dr. C. Douglass Locke to help expand its presence in the aerospace and defense (A&D) market. The former Lockheed-Martin Chief Scientist and former TimeSys VP of Technology will serve as consulting engineer, while his consulting company will join FSMLabs's third-party integrator network. (more…)

[Updated 12:30] — Startup a la Mobile says its Linux-based mobile phone stack is available now for customer evaluation. The “Convergent Linux Platform” (CLP) is touted as the “first complete and configurable OS for mobile phones.” It will be demonstrated at the LinuxWorld Expo next week in San Francisco. (more…)

LinkGear is shipping a small form-factor, ultra-low-power network appliance device that comes preinstalled with Linux, and targets WiFi bridging and routing applications. The LinkGear Series 100 (LG100) is powered by an SH-4 (SuperH) processor, draws only two Watts (typical), and costs $200 in quantities of 25+, the… (more…)

Acrosser is shipping a pair of networking appliances that support Linux 6.5 and above, and feature “LAN bypass.” The AR-M9936 is a compact, fanless “micro box” powered by a Celeron 600, while the AR-M9942 is a 1U rackmount design supporting Pentium M CPUs up to 2GHz. (more…)

IBM has published the following new technical articles, tutorials, and downloads on its DeveloperWorks website. They cover a range of interesting (though not necessarily embedded) technical topics, primarily related to Linux and open source system development. Some require free registration. Enjoy . . . ! (more…)

AR Infotek is shipping a Linux-powered, high-performance, EM64T-based, server-appliance targeting core, access, and carrier network security applications. The Teac 5052 features removable LAN “modules” supporting a variety of fiber and copper transports, Linux drivers for LAN pass-by and other functions, and redundant… (more…)

DoGav Systems will soon ship two new microcode products for Freescale PowerQUICC processors. One implements “System Fabric Plane” (SFP.1) protocol, described as a “multiplexed voice-over-packet protocol” that supports higher densities than VoIP. The other implements “Generic Framing Protocol” (GFP), said to offer lower latency and greater bandwidth determinism than HDLC (high-level data link control). (more…)

LinkGear is shipping a small form-factor, ultra-low-power network appliance device that comes preinstalled with Linux, and targets WiFi bridging and routing applications. The LinkGear Series 100 (LG100) is powered by an SH-4 (SuperH) processor, draws only two Watts (typical), and costs $200 in quantities of 25+, the… (more…)

TimeSys announced that its online service for embedded Linux developers now offers the latest release of uClibc on five architectures, and that it has added new documentation on alternative C libraries, and on building reduced-footprint, flash-based Linux filesystems. Additionally, the company will offer a webinar on Busybox this month. (more…)

Pengutronix is shipping an embedded Linux implementation for a tiny Intel PXA270-based processor module targeting industrial applications. The “OSELAS.BSP()” (open source embedded Linux automation services board support package) for Phytec's phyCORE-PXA270CE features a userland cross-development build tool… (more…)

This article describes a way to build embedded Linux web applications that follow the “Model, View, Controller” (MVC) architecture popular among enterprise web application developers, yet are able to run on resource-constrained embedded systems. The method is based on several popular open-source software components, including ClearSilver, Python, SQLite, and Cherokee. (more…)

A community-maintained website has sprung up around mobile-oriented open source software projects. The “Linux-To-Go” website currently hosts OpenEmbedded, Angstrom, GPE, Gomunicator, and several other high-profile open-source software projects. It has invited other projects to join, along with interested individuals and companies. (more…)

MobileRobots (formerly ActivMedia) is shipping an all-weather, indoor/outdoor Linux-ready mobile robot that targets “intelligent navigation” applications, such as laser mapping. The nimble, “holonomic” Seekur offers space, power, and networking for up to five EBX form-factor embedded PCs, and is available with a variety… (more…)

Foreword — This article describes a way to build embedded Linux web applications that follow the “Model, View, Controller” (MVC) software architecture popular nowadays among enterprise web application developers, yet are capable of running on a 130MHz ARM processor. The method is based on several popular open source software components. (more…)

Arcom is shipping an extended-temperature PC/104 SBC (single-board computer) available with a Linux dev kit. The “Vulcan,” which targets remote, unattended installations, is based on an Intel IXP425 network processor clocked at 533MHz, and supports temperatures from -72 to 153 degrees Fahrenheit (-40 to +85 C). (more…)