Lineo today announced three advancements to the Lineo Embedix SDK, Lineo's flagship Embedded Linux product: a joint development system with Metrowerks, availability of the Embedix Reflective Memory solution, and shipment of the Japanese version of Embedix SDK.

CodeWarrior/Embedix preview

At LinuxWorld in New York City next week, Lineo and Metrowerks will preview a total solution of Embedix SDK integrated with the CodeWarrior IDE (Integrated Development Environment) for Embedix, preflashed on Motorola's MPC8260 processor board in a convenient and ready-to-run development system. This joint Linux development solution provides a single source for all the hardware and software necessary to create and configure comprehensive embedded systems for various hardware platforms.

The first hardware deployment target included in the development system “suitcase” will be the Motorola MPC8260. The suitcase will contain one MPC8260 processor board pre-programmed with CodeWarrior for Embedix, the Embedix SDK and Target Wizard. The CodeWarrior IDE provides intuitive, graphics-based tools that allow developers to create, compile and debug their applications from a single environment, shortening the development cycle and helping them reach market faster. Applications can be developed on a Windows or Linux host platform.

Industrial shared memory software for Linux

Lineo Embedix RM provides an industrial shared memory software for Linux. The combination of Embedix RM with Embedix RealTime allows the design of high-speed computing or data acquisition and control based completely on Linux and low-cost standard networking hardware.

Integrating modern computing power with standard networking hardware, a powerful configuration GUI and the Linux operating system, Embedix RM supports the development and deployment of many applications such as: flight simulation, industrial control systems, high-speed data acquisition devices, other applications which employ a distributed computing environment.

“Embedix RM is a high-performance, low-cost solution for Linux that provides an easy to configure and deploy reflective memory system,” said David Beal, Lineo product manager. “This shared memory capability provides a critical component to the industrial automation, data acquisition and simulation arenas, especially when combined with the reliable performance of Linux, or for more challenging tasks, with Lineo's high performance real-time solution.”

The process of building data sharing solutions around standard networking protocols can be laborious. Embedix RM's GUI simplifies the build process by transparently configuring and managing memory, data, packet, network, read/write access, scheduling and redundancy. The inclusion of distributed memory capability into a developer's application is conveniently handled by an automatically generated C header file. Interface with each memory block is accomplished via industry-standard, POSIX shared memory API. Embedix RM is also suitable for embedded applications, adding less than 60 KB to the target system.

Next release of Japanese version of Embedix SDK

Embedix SDK 1.2-J, the next release of the Japanese software development kit for embedded developers and device manufacturers, is now available. Embedix SDK 1.2-J integrates support with cross-compilations, support for Hitachi SuperH 3 and 4 RISC processors and an integrated development environment to provide developers with greater flexibility and reduced time-to-market.

The Embedix SDK previously supported the X86 and PowerPC processor families. Now, Lineo offers support for Hitachi SuperH 3 and 4 processors. Embedix SDK 1.2-J provides true cross-compilation which will allow for target images on the Embedix platform to be built and deployed across various processor families.

Embedix SDK 1.2-J also includes the NetFront browser from ACCESS Co. Ltd., a powerful embedded Internet browser for consumer information appliances. In addition, PowerParts middleware from Metrowerks is included to provide developers with graphical user interface development capabilities. Embedix also includes the MetroWorks CodeWarrior IDE as well as the Embedix Target Wizard library compilation tool, an automated way to quickly and easily select all of the requirements for a target image and check for all software interdependencies.

 
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