Embedded Toolsmiths has added support for a new PowerQUICC III chip targeting networking and telecom to its JTAG emulator and debugger. The Guardian-SE emulator and Agile-DB debugger now support Freescale's MPC8548E, and offer many debugging functions useful to embedded Linux developers, the company… (more…)

Xilinx is shipping a “comprehensive design environment” for one of its newest FPGAs (field-programmable gate arrays) targeting telecom/datacom, medical, and mil/aero applications. The PowerPC and MicroBlaze Development Kit Virtex-4 FX12 Edition includes a development board, Linux-hosted design tools,… (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…)

Microcross is shipping an embedded Linux toolkit for a tiny single-board computer (SBC) module from Cogent. The Microcross GX-Linux Platform includes a MIPS-powered CSB655 SBC, along with a 2.6.11 Linux kernel, BSP, filesystem utilities, and tools. (more…)

Sony's XCI-SX1 is the first model in a line of rugged, Linux-based camera modules targeting the emerging “machine vision” product category. The black-and-white camera runs MontaVista Linux on an AMD Geode processor, and provides “the imager, intelligence, and interface” on a single plug-in module, Sony says. (more…)

Embedded Linux industry veteran David Beal will speak at the Embedded Systems Conference in Boston next week. In his new role as “manager of product management” with Jaluna, Beal will join Jaluna's senior field application engineer, Glen Call, in a presentation about Jaluna's virtual infrastructure software platform. (more…)

Texas Instruments (TI) will sample chips from a new line targeting digital video applications before year's end. The DaVinci SoCs will feature ARM application processor cores alongside TI's newest C64x+ DSP cores, and will be supported initially under Linux, with other OSes to follow. (more…)

The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC) filed dissolution papers with the state of California yesterday, ending a five year run promoting embedded Linux and developing standards for it. The ELC's primary piece of intellectual property — the ELC Platform Specification — has been transferred to the OSDL (Open Source Development Labs), which could… (more…)

Mobile browser-maker Access Co. Ltd. announced Friday that it will acquire Palm OS developer PalmSource Inc. in an all-cash transaction for approximately $324 million. The acquisition adds operating system platform expertise and Linux development resources to Access's existing mobile device-oriented “content delivery and Internet access software,” the companies said. (more…)

Sony's XCI-SX1 is the first model in a line of rugged, Linux-based camera modules targeting the emerging “machine vision” product category. The black-and-white camera runs MontaVista Linux on an AMD Geode processor, and provides “the imager, intelligence, and interface” on a single plug-in module, Sony says. (more…)

The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has launched a project to rewrite the GNU General Public License (GPL), a license used by a third of open source software projects. The “GPL Version 3 Development and Publicity Project” will release a draft version in early 2006, followed by a final version in early 2007, according to eWEEK.com. (more…)

Altia, Inc. has added XML export and import capabilities to its graphical design tool for Human Machine Interfaces (HMI). This new capability in Altia Design lets application designers create data-driven GUIs for Linux devices without coding or compiling, according to the company. (more…)

Port, GmbH has ported the free can4linux driver to a tiny industrial Ethernet server from SSV Embedded Systems. The driver allows the IGW/900 server to work with CAN-REport, a client-server CAN device management and engineering tool from Port. (more…)

Adobe Systems has revised its flagship page description language. Postscript 3 adds direct printing of PDFs, including AES-encrypted PDFs, and is the first Postscript release to feature separate editions for commercial printing systems such as digital color presses, and small-footprint embedded devices such as workgroup printers. (more…)

A project to create an open source telephony application server has achieved a second release of its development branch. Bayonne 2 release two adds a binding for basic VoIP-to-PSTN (voice-over-IP to public switched telephone network) services, a feature aimed at illustrating the software's new services binding plugin model. (more…)