| 5 from BEC Systems: cm-x270, OE intro, remote access, OE for x86, UC7408 review |
BEC Systems has published the following articles on its web site related to Embedded Linux development.
- Compulab cm-x270 PXA270 module review -- The cm-x270 is a small computer module 66x44x7mm that contains an Intel PXA270 ARM processor similar to those found in many PDAs or smart phones. This
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| IBM IDE for Cell BE SDK on Linux |
A set of Eclipse plug-ins that integrate the Cell BE tool chain and enable rapid, more user-friendly, building of Cell BE applications on Linux are available for download. Elements in the design of the cell chip are expected in IBM's future server chips, and could end up inside the PlayStation
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| Business-ready Java Template Toolkit for Eclipse |
Component Templates for Assets and Artifacts is an Eclipse-based toolkit that allows developers to focus on business aspects of the development process instead of the technological. This Java-implemented toolkit automatically enforces all template-defined constraints which make it easier to create ready-to-use and reuse assets or artifacts.
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| Multi-Platform XML Custom-Coded Java Framework |
The Systems Management Framework for Distributed Environments is a multi-platform custom-coded Java framework that provides a single point for executing system management tasks in a distributed WebSphere environment. It uses XML files as the basic customizable configuration objects and is easy to extend by providing a new XML file and
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| Open Mobile Terminal Platform (OMTP) |
The OMTP describes itself as an operator-sponsored forum that serves the needs of "each and every link in the mobile phone value chain," by gathering and driving mobile terminal requirements. The forum is technology neutral, with recommendations intended for deployment across the range of technology platforms, operating systems, and middleware
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| MPEG4/MP3 Streaming Engine for Apache |
The IBM Web Service Streaming Engine uses standards-based streaming protocol to stream mp3 audio, MPEG-4 video, images, and text through external content management. This multi-media streaming engine integrates well with existing web-based enterprise applications, has been tested on Apache Axis and WebSphere service hosts, and can run on both Linux
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| Installation-Free J2EE Client Application |
IBM Client Application Tool for JMS is a standalone, light weight, J2EE client application that is intended to run inside a J2EE client container and does not require any installation. It uses the domain-independent JMS common interfaces or domain-specific, point-to-point interfaces to test messaging infrastructures without writing JMS client code.
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| Proactive Business-Oriented Weather Forecasting |
Deep Thunder is a web-based business-oriented service that provides weather forecasts precisely and quickly enough to address specific business problems. As a way to improve weather-sensitive operations, such as resource allocation, scheduling, and routing, Deep Thunder utilizes a satellite receiver that provides local, high resolution weather predictions customized to business
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| IBM Web Relational Blocks Released |
Web Relational Blocks (WebRB) is a browser-based visual editor and run-time environment similar to Dreamweaver, which enables developers to visually assemble enterprise-quality Web applications in the visual editor. WebRB can code, test, and debug development cycles directly from the visual editor without needing to install any software which increases the
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| IBM Web-Hosted Tool for Rapid Web Development |
Ad Hoc Development and Integration Tool for End Users (ADIEU) is a programming tool for radically simplified development of Web services and applications. This Web-accessible programming and hosting system provides an environment that lets end users create and deploy dynamic Web pages and Web services without needing extensive knowledge about
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| Tuning Utility for Linux on POWER Update Released |
The updated Post-Linked Optimization for Linux on POWER (FDPR-Pro) extends support for GCC 4.1 toolchain and SuSe/SLES10, employs parallel optimization to speed up automatic performance tuning, and allows multiple pieces of output from one piece of input. FDPR-Pro uses global optimizations to create a new optimized version of an executable
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| IBM Eclipse VPA for Java on Linux Released |
Visual Performance Analyzer (VPA) is an Eclipse-based performance visualization toolkit, similar to Intel's VTune, and AMD's CodeAnalyst for Linux, Java and Windows platforms. It uses three major components that work to narrow down performance problems, show statistics, and examine code execution on IBM POWER processors.
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| Compound XML Document Toolkit |
The newly updated Compound XML Document Toolkit works well with HTML and XML content models and now supports Eclipse 3.2 and Eclipse WTP 1.5. This plug-in for Red Hat uses XML schemas to build Web applications that include voice, graphics, mathematical computations, data entry forms, and other content on a
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| Eclipse XML Forms Generator for Red Hat |
XML Forms Generator now includes a schema-flattening utility, an auto-detect renderer option, Eclipse 3.2 support, and Eclipse WTP 1.5 support, and more. This standards-based, data-driven Eclipse plug-in generates functional forms with XForms mark-up embedded within an XHTML document on Red Hat.
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| Expedited Real Time Threads (XRTs) |
Expedited Real Time Threads (XRTs) is a tool for improving predictability of high-frequency, hard, real-time Java applications. It can implement the interruption handling, sensing, and actuating parts of a real-time application and freely communicate primitive values on Linux.
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| Easy Deployment of Real-Time Java for Linux |
IBM Real-Time Class Analysis Tool for Java lets developers deploy their Java applications without manually defining classes that should be preloaded. This tool for Linux (Red Hat and SuSe) and Windows scans the Java bytecode and the classes that it uses then generates a Java source to preload and pre-compile
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| IBM Hardware Performance Counter for Linux on Power |
Pmcount for Linux on Power Architecture is a Linux tool for configuring, collecting, and printing the performance counter events on IBM PowerPC 970, POWER4, POWER4+, POWER5, and POWER5+ processors. This tool is useful for analyzing performance issues and identifying or eliminating possible problems.
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| RFID XML-based ALE tech preview for Java |
Application Level Events (ALE) Preview for RFID is a tech preview kit that includes a JavaScript-based client that creates and locally stores event cycle specifications. Through the use of XML, ALE responds to user-submitted requests about EPC read events which gives application developers time to focus on business tasks instead
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| axTLS -- an SSL toolkit for embedded apps |
axTLS is an SSL toolkit designed for embedded applications.
It runs on Linux and Win32 systems and has language bindings for various languages. It comes with a HTTP server and supports CGI and various other features.
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| Open source banner exchange |
The site's primary purpose is creating a free advertising network among open source oriented websites. FossExchange.com was created to fill the void, since no other open source banner exchange system exists. The goal was to build an advertising exchange that was targeted specifically at the open source market.
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| ZeroShell - Net Services |
Italian developer Fulvio Ricciardi has produced a GPL-licensed x86 Linux router distribution available as a live CD or bootable CompactFlash (512MB) image. The ZeroShell Net Services distribution includes a Web-based configuration interface, and can provide "the main network services a LAN requires," Ricciardi says.
Touted ZeroShell services include:
* Kerberos
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| Linux wireless LAN support |
A more or less complete listing of wireless devices, with information about the chipset they are based on, and whether or not they are supported in Linux. The basis of this list came from AbsoluteValue Systems.
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| ArmCorePro |
A community forum dedicated to ARM core processors. Listing for specific processors, operating systems, hardware and programming.
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| Linux certification preparation tutorials |
Prepare for LPI certification with developerWorks tutorials! The Linux Professional Institute (LPI) certifies Linux system administrators at two levels. Each certification level has two exams: the 101 and 102 exams for junior-level certification (cerification level 1), and the 201 and 202 exams for intermediate-level certification (cerification level 2).
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| NDSAD Traffic Collector |
NDSAD Traffic Collector is a software package for capturing traffic information from network interfaces and translating it into Cisco NetFlow v.5 format. Linux, FreeBSD, Windows and other operating systems are supported. NDSAD is free software licensed under the GNU General Public License.
The release is available in its SourceForge project
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