| Device profile: Divitron Aura -- a portable DVB-T monitoring instrument |
(Jun. 20, 2003)
Divitron's Aura is a light weight, portable field test and monitoring instrument for terrestrial digital video broadcasting (DVB-T) network builders and operators. The device, which is basically a "tablet PC" with an integrated Linux-controlled DVB-T receiver and instrumentation subsystem, is used for testing and verifying DVB-T broadcast signal quality and
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| First robot-to-robot email exchange? |
by Joe Bosworth (Jun. 12, 2003)
Tuesday June 10, 2003 may well go down in history as the date when autonomous mobile robots first began exchanging email with each other over the Internet.
Allow me to explain . .
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| Opinion: The development process for the ELCPS |
Kevin Dankwardt (Jun. 13, 2003)
Recently, new attacks on the ELC's Platform Standard efforts have become rather public. Criticism has come from Karim Yaghmour in his new book, Building Embedded Linux Systems, and in his article on oreillynet, and in the subsequent talk-back on linuxdevices.com by "Dwight".
All of
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| Installing Linux (with pen support) on the Acer Travelmate C100 |
by Dean Townsley (Jun. 11, 2003)
The picture below essentially demonstrates the current working state of my Travelmate C100 in Linux. The EMR stylus is working, as is suspend/resume (to disk only), X in rotated mode, and wireless. It now fits my main uses, which are reading academic papers, writing notes, and doing calculations.
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| Turning the SEGA Dreamcast into a Linux firewall/router |
by Christian Berger (Jun. 9, 2003)
Introduction
This highly detailed 101-page how-to article provides the necessary background and procedures to turn a SEGA Dreamcast gaming console into a Linux-based software router with firewalling and virtual private networking capabilities. The article explains how to create the necessary toolchain for compiling both programs and the Linux kernel, and
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| Universal Plug and Play -- the Foundation of the Digital Home |
by Michael Jeronimo and Jack Weast (Jun. 6, 2003)
Overview: Making PCs Easier to Set Up and Use
I have a friend -- an energetic senior citizen named Pat. About a year ago, she and her husband Darryl decided to buy a new computer system -- a computer, printer, scanner, and digital camera, so that they could send e-mail
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| Device profile: U.S. Robotics Secure Storage Router Pro |
(Updated Jul. 18, 2003)
U.S. Robotics unveiled a small Linux-based router with VPN (virtual private network) and NAS (network attached storage) capabilities at SuperComm 2003 in June, 2003. The device is the first member of a new family of secure storage/router products based on Intel's XScale network processors running embedded Linux, according to U.S.
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| ELJonline: The CerfCube as an Embedded Linux Server |
by Ricardo Restrepo (Jun. 3, 2003)
How to build and install web and FTP servers, plus some development tools, on the CerfCube.
The CerfCube is an embedded system manufactured by Intrinsyc. It is based on an ARM processor, which is the processor used in many PDAs. In this article I first explain how to turn
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| Snapshot of the Embedded Linux market - May, 2003 |
Rick Lehrbaum (May 28, 2003)
The results of LinuxDevices.com's annual Embedded Linux Market Survey are now in, and they provide an interesting profile of the ascendant embedded Linux software market. This year's online survey was conducted over a three month period -- from November 2002 through January 2003 -- and had nearly 600 participants, the
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| The case for out-sourcing embedded database software |
Steve Graves (May 27, 2003)
The embedded software build-or-buy tradeoff
For embedded systems, the build-or-buy decision is getting pushed down the software component food chain. Embedded systems hardware developers have long embraced commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) components to shorten development time and reduce development costs. In contrast, developers of embedded systems software have shown a propensity
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| Device Profile: OpenBlockS "micro-server" |
(May 16, 2003)
Plat'C2 (Plat Communication Components Inc. -- Tokyo, Japan) introduced a tiny PowerPC-based Linux "micro-server" at the recent NAB2003 show in Las Vegas, NV. The OpenBockS comes with two 10/100Mbps Ethernet ports, and is said to be useable "off-the-shelf" as a fully functional firewall/router, mail server, or web server.
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| Device Profile: Sony HN-RT1 Broadband Audio-Visual Router |
(May 13, 2003)
Sony Japan has announced a new Linux-powered audio-visual router that combines the functions of a "traditional" gateway/router with those of a home multimedia server and Wi-Fi (802.11b) wireless access point.
According to Sony, the HN-RT1 broadband AV router connects home computers, media centers, and the Sony Playstation 2 to each
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| Device profile: Smart Robots SR4 autonomous mobile robot |
(May 12, 2003)
Smart Robots Inc. (Dalton, MA) demonstrated a new Linux-powered autonomous mobile robot platform at the 10th annual Trinity College Fire-Fighting Robot Contest held in Hartford, CT this past April. The SR4 can travel at a speed of approximately 1.5 ft/sec -- which may not sound fast, but at
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| Update on "Where's the free beer?" |
by Kevin Dankwardt (May 9, 2003)
We last reviewed the availability of freely downloadable embedded Linux distributions (distros) over a year ago. In this update article we show that much is still available -- some which is quite up-to-date, and some which is not. We also review sources of software pieces that alone are
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| Device profile: Eason 5000 family industrial HMIs |
(May 8, 2003)
Eason Technology recently introduced a family of Linux-based "intelligent operator interfaces" that are used in industrial automation applications requiring operator input and prompting, process monitoring, and connection to other control and process equipment. The Eason 5000 HMI (human-machine interfaces) family currently includes two models -- the model 5400,
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| How to use free software in FPGA embedded designs |
by Andrey Filippov (May 6, 2003)
Foreword
Last December, LinuxDevices.com published an article that I wrote about a high-res network camera I designed that is based on a reconfigurable FPGA and is running Linux. About a third of the inquiries I received subsequent to that article were specifically related to the "open" (in the
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| Book review: Karim Yaghmour's "Building Embedded Linux Systems" |
by Jerry Epplin (updated May 8, 2003)
 Considering its current prominence in the embedded world, it is surprising how few books on the subject of embedded Linux are available. I reviewed Craig Hollabaugh's Embedded Linux: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing and LinuxDevices.com had earlier reviewed John Lombardo's Embedded Linux, but
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| Developing software for a Sharp Zaurus SL-5500 Linux PDA |
by Bruce Forsberg (May 5, 2003)
Recently I have been looking for an MP3 player that would satisfy several criteria. One, be usable with Linux and second, be usable with Old Time Radio shows. I am a big fan of what is called Old Time Radio here in the USA. This is radio shows from the
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| Mobile robots as gateways into wireless sensor networks |
Jim Butler (Updated May 2, 2003)
 Overview
It is well known that Intel leads the industry in wireless sensor network research. What may not be quite as well known is Intel's recent work in mobile robotics. In particular, Intel is helping researchers create small, sophisticated mobile robots that can act as gateways
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| Device profile: Philips iPronto digital home controller |
(Apr. 15, 2003)
The Philips iPronto may well be a gadget-lover's dream come true. Ever glance around the family room in bewilderment at the number and diversity of remote controls required to make your entertainment systems go? If so, you might think you know why Philips created this brainy new remote. But getting
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| Temporal inventory and real-time synchronization in RTLinux |
by Victor Yodaiken (Apr. 11, 2003)
Foreword: In this whitepaper, RTLinux originator Victor Yodaiken gives an overview of synchronization methods for real-time, with special attention to the RTCore (RTLinux) real-time operating system. A glossary, included at the end, provides some useful tutorial material.
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| Device profile: Eventide digital voice logging/archiving system |
(Apr. 8, 2003)
Eventide recently announced what is claimed to be the first digital voice logging recorder and archiving system to be based on a Linux software platform. The VR778, Eventide's 4th-generation digital logger, is intended for mission-critical environments including public health, safety, and security applications.
The device is capable of recording up
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| Device profile: Zultys MX1200 PBX |
(Updated Apr. 2, 2003)
A new Linux powered media exchange server from Zultys Technologies (Sunnyvale, CA) combines the functions of a traditional enterprise telephone PBX (private branch exchange) along with those of an Internet gateway, switch, and router -- all within a single 2U 19-inch rackmount form-factor.
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| Device profile: Inventel gateway and access point devices |
(Apr. 1, 2003)
Inventel (Paris, France) has recently introduced several Linux-based gateway, router, and access point products for the SOHO (small office / home office) and consumer markets, including the DW-B-200 wireless access point and the DVW-250 residential gateway for voice and data communications.
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| Using the Linux proc filesystem in embedded systems |
by Nicholas McGuire (Mar. 27, 2003)
The following is a brief introduction and overview to Nicholas McGuire's technical paper on using the Linux proc filesystem in embedded systems. A link from which you can download the complete 18-page paper (PDF file) is available at the bottom . . .
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