Linux has taken the embedded marketplace by storm. According to industry analysts, one-third to one-half of new embedded 32- and 64-bit designs employ Linux. Embedded Linux already dominates multiple ...

I first met John Lombardo at the Embedded Internet Conference in August 2000. John told me he was working on a book about embedded Linux, which would be published within a year. In contrast to the ...

One of the last things the Linux kernel does during system boot is mount the root filesystem. The Linux kernel dictates no filesystem structure, but user space applications expect to find files with ...

The Embedded Linux Consortium has announced the launch of the ELC Platform Specification (ELCPS). The ELCPS was developed with input from numerous companies including IBM, LynuxWorks, Panasonic, ...

The Linux operating system configured and enhanced to work in a wide variety of applications, including handheld devices, network appliances, industrial machines and consumer electronics devices. The ...

San Francisco, CA – The Embedded Linux Consortium (ELC), whose bylaws once prohibited the creation of intellectual property, moved closer to establishing an embedded Linux standard. At its most recent ...

This article appeared in Electronic Design and has been published here with permission. Electronics and software going into medical devices has become increasingly more sophisticated. Platforms ...

We are continuing our series on how to get started with Embedded Linux if you have experience with embedded systems, but no Linux experience. You can find the first article here, second article ...

When it comes to choosing between Embedded Linux or a proprietary real-time operating system, there are many different considerations to take into account. An Embedded Linux distribution with its ...

The system virtual machine can be used to make Linux-based applications faster and more responsive and secure. Here's a primer to get you started. Linux is rapidly becoming the operating system of ...