Embedded Linux is the most hyped embedded operating system ever. It is promoted as inexpensive, high quality, high productivity, reliable, widely available, and well supported. It is none of these ...

The very first step in starting an embedded Linux system does not involve Linux at all. Instead, the processor is reset and starts executing code from a given location. This location contains a ...

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 ...

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security implementation for embedded ...

I was interested in trying Linux in this embedded system, if for no other reason than to avoid DOS's kludged networking. It happened that waiting for our custom boards to be readied gave me enough ...

The Yocto Project is a Linux Foundation workgroup announced late last year to help develop open source, high-quality technology that helps companies make custom Linux-based systems for embedded ...

Each embedded system has its own unique set of hardware interfaces and requirements. Linux provides drivers for most standard interfaces, and by selecting the right kernel configuration, you can get a ...

Embedded guru Rick Lehrbaum has authored a couple of handy "Quick Reference Guides" that give a high-level overview of Linux in the embedded market and the various versions of embedded Linux.

A number of variants of Linux are available for embedded-system use, from standard kernels to those modified to support hard real-time applications.

If you don’t have root, you don’t own a device, despite what hundreds of Internet of Things manufacturers would tell you. Being able to access and write to that embedded Linux system in your ...