(announcement) — ACTIVE Exhibitions and Ascensit are sponsoring a pair of 2-day technical workshops on Real-Time & Embedded Linux, presented by Kevin Dankwardt of K Computing. The Netherlands workshop takes place during the Applied Computing Developers' Conference, on November 7 and 8 in Maastricht (Netherlands). The workshop in Milan (Italy) is being held on November 13 and 14.

Workshop overview:

The Embedded Linux Workshop will present architecture, features, details and solutions you need to finish your Embedded Linux project. This workshop walks the participants through the steps involved in customizing a Linux environment to support an embedded application. The workshop focuses on software that is available on the Internet free of charge.

Contents:

• Using Gnu tools
  
• The Linux boot sequence
  
• Making Linux fit in a small amount of memory
  
• Creating a system image
  
• Building a complete root file system
  
• Working with device drivers
  
• Working with small libraries
  
• Using small utilities such as Busybox and the GoAhead web server
  
• Running small audio applications
  
• Using a webserver as user interface
  
• Performance issues

The workshop is designed for hardware and software engineers, system integrators, service technicians, project managers, technical managers, and support engineers who need to have a good technical knowledge and architectural overview of the Embedded Linux possibilities or must decide on the future project directions. After attending this workshop attendees will be able to build a demonstration “Internet Enabled Appliance” that boots off of a floppy, and that supports remote management via an embedded webserver or other means. While not required, it will be beneficial to attendees to have some prior Linux or Real-Time Operating Systems experience.

About the workshop presenter:

This workshop is developed and presented by Kevin Dankwardt, founder and President of K Computing (www.kcomputing.com), a Silicon Valley training and consulting firm. He has spent most of the last 9 years designing, developing, and delivering technical training for such subjects as Unix system programming, Linux device drivers, real-time programming, and parallel programming for various organizations world-wide. He received his Ph.D. in Computer Science, in 1988.

For further information:

Meindert Kuipers, ACTIVE Exhibitions Europe (The Netherlands)
Tel: +31 418 577700, Fax: +31 418 577720
e-mail: [email protected]

 
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