IBM's DeveloperWorks has published the first in a series of articles discussing how to migrate embedded Linux project prototypes from x86 to PowerPC. By way of example, the story also discusses a robotic submarine that was migrated to the KuroBox, an inexpensive PowerPC development system.

The DeveloperWorks article was written by Lewin A.R.W. Edwards, the author of A Cookbook for Open-Source Robotics and Process Control.

The article presents an overview of the robotic Linux submarine project, before embarking on a comparison of the PowerPC, x86, and ARM architectures. It then describes the setup of a PowerPC embedded Linux development environment that costs less than $250, along with specific details about Buffalo Technologies's KuroBox.

Find out more about the robotic Linux submarine, the merits of various embedded architectures, and the KuroBox development platform by reading the complete DeveloperWorks article:

Migrating from x86 to PowerPC: Robots and networked appliances on a shoestring

 
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