Embedded Linux Journal

Embedded Linux Journal Contents -- #2 -- March 2001


Feature
      ZapMedia ZapStation/Harman Kardon DMC 100  by Don Marti
Java-based ``Digital Media Center'' plays DVDs, MP3s and more, and it's running Linux.
      All about Linux-friendly Single-Board Computers  by Rick Lehrbaum
The rapidly growing and diverging single-board computer market can be hard to keep up with. Here's some history and some help.
      Embedding Linux and the Human Psyche: MZ104 Contest Update  by Don Marti
Technical editor Don Marti shows how the ``Hack Embedded Linux'' contest provides insight into human needs.
      Taxonomy of the MZ104 Contest Kit  by Raymond G Brinks, Doug Stead
Stead and Brinks guide us through a quick tour of the hardware included in the Hack Embedded Linux prize kits.
      Infrastructural Appliances  by Doc Searls
Linux is becoming commodity infrastructure.
Indepth
      Mobile Network Services with Linux  by Harri Hämäläinen, Jouni Ikonen, Jari Porras
The skinny on building your own SMS gateway.
      Introduction to Microwindows Programming, Part 2  by Greg Haerr
Check out the recent additions to the Microwindows Project.
      Fish On, Fish Off: Part 2  by Erik Lotspeich
Erik shows how to set up an embedded system so you can gain wireless control of your home.
      Tracing Real-Time Application Interface Using the Linux Trace Toolkit  by Karim Yaghmour
As embedded and real-time Linux explode, development tools are necessary to track behavior--here's one.
      Remote Debugging of Loadable Kernel Modules with kgdb: a Knowledge-basedArticle for Getting Started  by James Lamphere
Lamphere describes a straightforward technique that allows kernel debugging in the safety of user space.
      TinyLogin: Booting up in Small Places  by Nicholas D Wells
Nicholas gives us a head start on reducing the Linux footprint with TinyLogin.
      Building Tiny Linux Systems with BusyBox, Part 3  by Bruce Perens
Let's get smaller, writable and multiuser! A new library, new kernel and other bells and whistles gives us more practice building a highly functional Linux system with a tiny footprint.
      uCommon Telephony Libraries  by David Sugar
The idea of a new phone system server project on embedded hardware, David created a free common embedded library.
      Making MPEG Movies with Axis Network Cameras  by Kyle Amon
Axis network cameras have no built-in MPEG support, but with a little effort it is still possible to create MPEG movies using them.
      Linux Reads Bar Codes  by Jack Dennon
A hardware and device driver project for Linux.
Embedded Interview
      The Appliance Infrastructure Revolution  by Doc Searls
A conversation with Stephen DeWitt of Sun Microsystems.
From The Editor
      What We Are and Where We're Going  by Phil Hughes
ELJ continues to grow.
Letters
      Letters  by Letters Editor
Love letters... PDF format?... even the toaster?... "lightweight" browsers... all that and a shoehorn.
New Products
      New Products  by Heather Mead
 
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