Part 3: My favorite demo's

Now for the fun part! Here are some pictures — and brief descriptions — of some of the gadgets and demo's at the show that really caught my eye.

Above: Lineo's RTAI software radio
This demo earns my “geekiest ESC demo” award. For full details on how you can replicate this experiment, see this LinuxDevices.com how-to article.

Above: Agenda's VR3
“the World's first Pure Linux PDA” was showcased in the Tux Theater of the ELC's Pavilion 101

Above: The Intel Pro/DSL 4200 Home Gateway, shown in Red Hat's booth
This device is based on (surprise!) an Intel SA-110 StrongARM processor and runs Red Hat's 2.4 kernel along with RedBoot

Above: A yet-to-be-announced Korean cellphone/PDA, shown by PalmPalm

Above: The SK Telecom PDA/cellphone, shown by Palmpalm (details)

Above: Ericsson's “BLIP” (Bluetooth Access Point) made a guest appearance
Can you believe this tiny device contains a complete Linux system, including BlueTooth connectivity? (details)

Above: Ericsson's Wireless Webpad, shown by Trolltech (details)

Symbol Technology's wireless PDA, shown by Red Hat
This device contains an NEC VR4181 system-on-chip processor with 16M RAM and 12M Flash, and runs uClinux with Century Software's Microwindows and ViewML GUI/windowing software. Red Hat developed the required support for CDPD, GSM, 803.11B wireless connectivity.

• Part 1: Embedded Linux flexes its muscles at ESC 2001
  
• Part 2: Vendors and their products
  
• Part 3: My favorite demo's
  
• Part 4: ESC press release roundup

 
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