Bob La Quey writes . . .

At the O'Reilly Open Source Convention being held in San Diego, CA from July 23-27, 2001 there will be two interesting embedded Linux presentations:

• Creating a Development Environment for Embedded Linux — by Dr. Richard Sevenich and Stuart Steiner, Eastern Washington University; Friday, July 27 from 3:45pm to 4:30pm. A variety of personal digital assistants (PDA's) are available in the marketplace, some with an embedded version of Linux. These small handhelds are remarkably powerful and are blurring the line between the embedded and desktop worlds. The number and variety of potential applications provide significant opportunities for developers. This talk presents our experience in getting a particular PDA development environment to a reasonably mature state, culminating in a developer's CDROM that automates the creation of that environment. Topics to be covered include:
  • establishing the development environment on a Linux workstation
    
  • establishing serial connectivity from workstation to target PDA
    
  • concocting a simple power supply for the PDA
    
  • porting kernel images etc. from workstation to PDA
    
  • the developers CD-ROM
  
  
• Embedded Linux Case Study: The Flying Penguin — by Christopher Grill, Crown Computers; Friday, July 27 from 4:30pm to 5:15pm. The talk will start with a brief overview of Linux in an embedded environment. This will lead into a description of the Flying Penguin project. The Flying Penguin Project is actually my entry in a contest sponsored by Embedded Linux Journal and Tri-M Systems. The contest is to use the new Machz104 boards from Tri-M for an interesting embedded Linux application. The Flying Penguin is a radio-controlled airplane that is fitted with the MachZ104 computer, and an Ashtech G8 GPS receiver. This is a work in progress and will be completed around the time of the OS conference. The talk will be given from a problems solved standpoint, specifically problems solved via open source solutions.

 
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