ELJonline: November 2001 Table of Contents
Nov 2, 2001 — by LinuxDevices Staff — from the LinuxDevices Archive — views
Features
- Power Trio: Three Diverse Embedded Linux SBCs, by Michael Baxter — Boards for the Linux market offer integrated display, I/O and storage features. Michael takes a look at SBCs made by Ampro Computers, Inc., EMAC, Inc. and Team ASA, Inc.
- Clash of the Shrink-Wrap Titans by Don Marti — Whether you're porting applications from a legacy OS, seeking better real-time performance or looking for faster time-to-market, embedded Linux distributions have a lot to offer.
- Building a Minimal Glibc with Componentization by Darren Hart — Use a stripped-down C library to save space or budget for the size of glibc for compatibility? Now there's a third option: build a custom library from the original sources for the best of both.
- Programming for EyeTap Systems, by Corey Manders, Steve Mann — An “EyeTap” is a camera/processor/display device you can wear. Here, two real-life cyborgs play by reversing X displays.
- Debugging Embedded Linux Applications, by Nathan Field — NFS-mounting your target system's root partition and other techniques for rapid debugging.
- Writing Real-Time Device Drivers for Telecom Switches, Part 2 of 2, by Waël Hassan — The first part (in the September/October 2001 issue of Embedded Linux Journal) talked about the environment and the scope of device drivers. Now here's a step-by-step plan for writing a new driver.
- More Haste, Less Speed, by Jasper Kamperman — Embedded systems are hostile to debugging and testing. Prevent common C and C++ bugs before they bite.
- Brewing Java at the Point of Sale, by Quentin Olson — Retail operations can benefit from Java features, especially dynamic class loading.
- From Core to Kit, by Mike Esch — How the Nios, a RISC processor on an FPGA, came to support Linux and the GNU development tools.
- Contest Update, by Don Marti — “Hack Embedded Linux for Fun and Prizes” Contest Winners
- Ten Years of Software Opportunity 1991-2001, by Don Marti — Contests, kernel hacking, SBCs and much more to come.
- Letters, by Letters Editor — Etherboot Feature Update… Users Want to Customize Products
- New Products, by Heather Mead — PIXIL, REDSonic, D3 CompactPCI SBC, Red Hat Embedded Developer Suite
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