Throughout 2000, LinuxDevices.com conducted a survey of developers to try to understand their motivations for using Linux in embedded systems and intelligent devices. Some of the most interesting ...

Embedded Linux offers stability, scalability and open-source attributes that enable a broad range of products across a wide array of processors and hosts. But requirements such as cross-compilation, ...

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 ...

Linux is the only choice for product designers who want a powerful, open system and to still have some control over the choices they make, Singh said, but the lack of a rigid standard could drive ...

To preserve the benefits of Linux as a development platform while addressing the need for customized versions of Linux, not to mention special-purpose non-Linux kernels, Red Hat Systems has taken a ...

The new site, Meld, is organized and supported by MontaVista Software and is intended to be a community for Linux programmers who focus on embedded apps It probably won’t be “Facebook for Linux” but a ...

Companies selling Linux for embedded devices take one step back and one forward as once-hot Embedix is acquired by Motorola and rival MontaVista gets $28 million from Toshiba. Stephen Shankland worked ...

Advantech introduces the EKI-1121L and 1122L ARM-based Industrial Communication Controllers that offer pre-installed embedded Linux operation system for user-developed communications, monitoring and ...

Despite their importance, edge devices often remain underserved and vulnerable, neglected by traditional security measures. Here's what leaders need to know.

MontaVista Linux Professional Edition 3.1 (Pro), an embedded operating system (OS) and development platform, has been upgraded with an integrated graphical development environment, Windows-based ...

Ashling Microsystems has announced availability of a sophisticated Embedded Linux debugger for MIPS-based applications. PathFinder-XD Eclipse-based debugger allows users to switch seamlessly between ...

Red Hat wins a foothold in the U.S. Army in a deal that might eventually spread a Linux-based diagnostic device into several thousand military vehicles. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to ...