IBM's DeveloperWorks site has published a series of tutorials aimed at helping applicants pass Linux proficiency tests from the Linux Professional Institute (LPI). The “101” series exams target junior-level certification, while the “201” series target intermediate-level certification tests. (more…)

An Australian company that in June ported its consumer device user interface development kit to Linux/Qtopia has now targeted its first development board. Fluffy Spider Technologies (FST) says its FancyPants graphics platform supports Aiji Systems's SMDK2410 board for Samsung's S3C2410X01, a 16/32-bit… (more…)

Micro/sys is offering a free Linux development kit along with first orders of its new XScale-based PC/104 SBC (single-board computer). Aimed at point-of-sale terminals and industrial control panels, the SBC1670 includes a color flat-panel display controller, audio, debounced keypad inputs, and several PC-style… (more…)

STMicroelectronics (ST) is sampling an SoC (system-on-chip) that integrates a VLIW-based core with an MPEG-2 decoder, and runs Linux. The STi5301 is the first in a new STx5300-series of SoCs that the company says are powerful enough for use in inexpensive, single-chipset set-top box and digital video recorder designs. (more…)

IBM has published the following 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…)

IBM will release a Cell simulator before 2006, and “open” the highly parallel multi-core architecture to embedded Linux developers much as it has opened the Power architecture, according to an interview in IT Manager's Journal with Peter Hofstee, architect of the chip's synergistic processing unit (SPU). (more…)

A systems integrator specializing in real-time and mission-critical systems has entered the Linux development tools market. Concurrent is now shipping NightStar, a suite of development and debugging tools aimed at multi-processor, multi-threaded, real-time application and kernel development on Red Hat… (more…)

Kontron is shipping a DIN-rail-mounted PLC (programmable logic
controller) that is based on embedded Linux. The ThinkIO PLC supports up to 64 modular fieldbus I/O clamps from Wago, and runs CoDeSys (controller development system) “soft PLC” software from 3S Software. (more…)

Kontron is shipping a DIN-rail-mounted PLC (programmable logic controller) that runs embedded. The ThinkIO PLC supports up to 64 modular Fieldbus I/O clamps from Wago, and runs CoDeSys (controller development system) “soft PLC” software from 3S Software. (more…)

Palm (formerly PalmOne) lost a bidding war to re-acquire its software spinoff, PalmSource, Business Week reports. Palm was PalmSource's “only significant licensee” for Palm OS, but interest in PalmSource from mobile phone software vendors drove the price too high for Palm, the publication reports. (more…)

No Starch Press is shipping a massive new TCP/IP reference book. The TCP/IP Guide: A Comprehensive, Illustrated Internet Protocols Reference, by Charles Kozierok, weighs in at 1600 pages, has 300 illustrations and 500 tables, and is the first new TCP/IP reference work in some time, No Starch… (more…)

WiFi stack specialist Devicescape Software has promoted its top marketing employee to senior management, and has added a VP of worldwide sales. Glenn Flinchbaugh has led marketing efforts since joining the startup last year. (more…)

The PC/104 Consortium has announced its Fourth Annual Embedded Design Contest seeking to “recognize and honor the innovative work” of embedded developers using various PC/104 technologies. Eligible entries include projects and products based on the group's PC/104, PC/104-Plus, PCI-104, EPIC, or EBX single-board computer standards. (more…)

WinSystems has introduced an EPIC-format SBC (single-board computer) targeting M2M (machine-to-machine) applications. (more…)

Sun Microsystems says MontaVista is porting its Carrier Grade Linux distribution to AMD-based Sun server hardware based on the AdvancedTCA specification. Additionally, MontaVista says Artesyn Communications will sell MontaVista's Carrier Grade Edition (CGE) product directly, pre-installed in Flash memory on PICMG 2.16, AdvancedTCA, AdvancedMC, and ProcessorPMC blades and modules. (more…)