It is no secret that Linux has won the race in the embedded device marketplace. Tremendous advantages in Linux have broken almost every barrier to entry for using Linux on embedded systems across a ...

This series on how to get started using Embedded Linux is on my Open Mike blog. This installment discusses development models. There are two different models of Embedded Linux development: ...

Linux gets a lot of credit on the server, but with new appliances focused on security, monitoring, and compliance, LogLogic shows how important it is to the embedded market. Matt Asay is a veteran ...

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...

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 ...

The 22-member nonprofit Open Source Development Lab (OSDL) used the occasion of LinuxWorld 2002 in New York to announce a major new Linux initiative aimed at the telecommunications infrastructure ...

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 ...

ARM has brought out an Embedded Linux Education Kit to train students and future engineers on Linux development. The kit includes full courseware on how to develop embedded Linux products, including ...

The internet of things (IoT) offers endless possibilities for smart devices and their applications. So it’s no wonder that the IoT is as equally tempting to hackers, as it is to developers, keen to ...

When we last checked in on the WiFiWart, an ambitious project to scratch-build a Linux powered penetration testing drop box small enough to be disguised as a standard phone charger, it was still in ...