ELJonline: March 2002 Table of Contents
Mar 2, 2002 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views
Features
- Embedded Real-Time Linux for Instrument Control and Data Logging, by Sam Clanton — The Solar Spectral Flux Radiometer is a scientific instrument that requires accurate data… collection and logging at 70,000 feet. Here's how real-time Linux helps collect atmospheric data.
- RTLinux Application Development Tutorial, by Matt Sherer — Here's how to get started developing the code for your next high-altitude atmospheric research project, or anything else where a hard real-time task needs to communicate with other software.
- Quest for PDA Utopia: Qtopia?, by Timotej Ecimovic and Manica Son — Timotej and Manica get you started — develop your first PDA application with Qtopia, and test it on your desktop before your new Zaurus comes.
- Real-Time and Linux, Part 2: the Preemptible Kernel, by Kevin Dankwardt — Kevin continues his real-time series by examining efforts to bring real-time capabilities to applications by improving the Linux kernel.
- Selecting I/O Units, by Bryce Nakatani — Selecting and communicating with I/O units. The I/O unit physical layer interface. Understanding the wide perspective.
- User Mode Drivers, by Bryce Nakatani — Want to support your device without becoming a kernel hacker? Bryce shows how.
- Running Embedded Linux on SuperH, by Bhavana Nagendra — Bhavana explains how to use RedBoot firmware to get Linux running on Hitachi's SuperH development boards.
- Brian Writes about His BOEL, by Brian Elliott Finley — Brian's single-floppy Linux reveals software-shrinking secrets of the Linux masters.
- Linux on the Air, by James Goodwin — Fifteen-mile internet connections through thin air–with a bit of help from Linux.
- Letters, by Various — How much should users be able to customize embedded products they buy? A whole lot, says one reader.
- New Products, by Heather Mead — MontaVista's 2.1 Release Adds KDevelop
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