Embedded Linux Journal

Embedded Linux Journal Contents -- #3 -- May 2001

Feature
      An Intelligent Multiport Serial Controller for the Semiconductor Industry  by Bob Bourne, Paul Robertson
Robertson and Bourne describe a low budget, long-life embedded communications interface.
Indepth
      Using CompactFlash Cards in Your Embedded Linux System  by Jay Sissom
Use a CompactFlash card as a nonmechanical alternative to a disk drive.
      Software Considerations: an Excerpt from Embedded Linux  by John Lombardo
Lombardo reveals the difference between developing a meaningful application and a doorstop.
      Linux-Based USPS Mail Sorting System  by John Taves
Can Linux read your handwriting? Embedded Linux takes addresses to barcodes.
      Linux-Based PLC for Industrial Control  by Mario De Sousa
What Linux is doing for the highly proprietary embedded systems market is what the PuffinPLC will do for industrial automation.
      Embedded Video Capture on a Budget  by Don Papp
Need to add video capture to your PC/104 system? Use an ISA board and save a bundle.
      Introduction to Microwindows Programming, Part 3  by Greg Haerr
Porting programs like xfreecell from X to Nano-X.
      Using Qt to Develop for Embedded Linux  by Natalie Watson
Qt/Embedded extends the ease and speed of Qt to embedded application development.
      Embedding Linux in a Large Wireless Telecom Network  by Jeff Millar
To keep up with increasing demands for wireless phone coverage, Transcept, Inc. created a system on Linux that also helps keep the cost of coverage down.
      Databases for Free  by Sid Wentworth
Anywhere data needs to be stored and organized, a database is needed. Sid shows what's available.
      Automating the Physical World with Linux, Part 1: Control Automation  by Bryce Nakatani
Moving halfway between applications programming and real time, this series talks about using Linux systems for automation and control in the physical world.
Departments
      Contest Update  by Phil Hughes
Contest: Using the NIC as an Embedded System
      Industry Watch  by Doc Searls
Open source causes tactic changes in Redmond.
Letters
      Letters  by Letters Editor
Readers bite back.
New Products
      New Products  by Heather Mead
Version 1.1 Operating Environment and Development Toolkit, SBC-MediaGX Development Kit, Graphics Master.
 
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