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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