Embedded

System Minimization

February 1st, 2008 by Gene Sally in

Strategies for reducing Linux's footprint, leaving more resources for the application or letting engineers further reduce the hardware cost of the device.
Read along to understand how GCC works, find out what all those other programs in the toolchain directory do, and learn some tips and tricks to become more comfortable with most indispensable tool in your project.
Follow these procedures for the smoothest path to great embedded Linux.
Embedding Asterisk on a Digikey Blackfin STAMP card.
An appliance approach is ideal for Asterisk.
Porting Linux to run on the Pico E12 and beyond.
As embedded real-time applications start to run on SMP systems, kernel issues emerge.
Evaluating two very different GUI libraries, Qtopia and Nano-X.
Combine MisterHouse with Perl scripts, X10 and the Linux kernel to create an automated zoned radiant heat system.
A success story with a focus on Carrier Grade Linux.
An overview of the suitablilty, viability and liability of Linux on mobile phones.
The final article in this series describes using the Background Debug Mode provided in Motorola processors.
Part 3 explores different scenarios for updating and/or replacing the root filesystem, the kernel image or even the bootloader on our embedded development system.
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