This article by Richard Jennings is based on the contents of several chapters from the third edition of LabVIEW Graphical Programming (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001; ISBN 0-07-137001-3), a book which he coauthored with Gary W. Johnson. In the article, Jennings introduces the embedded Linux tools and development methods used in the book in the hope that they may be useful to readers in their… development efforts. Jennings writes . . .

“Developing embedded systems with Linux can sometimes be a slow and painful task, especially for a beginner. The major Linux distributions want to fill up your hard drive with software you won't need on a small embeddable system, and the small freely downloadable 'Linux-on-a-floppy' type distro's seem to be customized for specific applications like network routers. Starting with either one and trying to make it into something that contains only the bare functions you need for your embedded device can mean weeks of trial and error.”

“In the third edition of LabVIEW Graphical Programming (McGraw-Hill, New York, 2001, by Gary W. Johnson and Richard Jennings; ISBN 0-07-137001-3), Gary Johnson and I try to eliminate some of the pain and confusion by giving you simple tools and step by step solutions to easily build embedded Linux devices. The book's main focus is the LabVIEW programming language, but in this third edition we have added a section introducing real-time and embedded Linux . . .”

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