Embedded Linux Journal

Embedded Linux Journal Contents -- May 2002

Feature
	WANDER: A Portable Linux Data-Collection System by Steven K. Roberts and Ned Konz The Microship's computer systems come ashore as a rugged, portable data-collection unit. Here's how an SBC-based system helps scientists in the field.
	Update on Linux Compatible Single Board Computers by Rick Lehrbaum Choices in the Linux SBC market aren't just growing--they're exploding, as boards add features and power.
Indepth
	VOCAL: Open Source VoIP Software for Linux by David Bryan and David Kelly Want to build an embedded Linux IP phone? Get the Vovida Open Communications Applications Library. Here's what happens behind the scenes of an SIP phone call.
	Writing Portable Device Drivers by Greg Kroah-Hartman Does the driver you need work on x86 but not on PowerPC? Save yourself some frustration and first make sure that it follows some simple portability rules. Device-driver wizard Greg Kroah-Hartman explains how.
	GAR: Automating Entire OS Builds by Nick Moffitt Besides your own code, your project uses free utilities, other software from the Net and maybe a fancy library or two. And you want to rebuild it all easily? Gmake Autobuild Runtime (GAR) to the rescue.
	BOEL, Part 2: Kernel Configuration and Booting by Brian Elliott Finley "Brian's Own Embedded Linux" is a small distribution that can boot from disk, CD-ROM or the Net. In the second article of a two-part series, Brian Finley covers the kernel configuration and boot process.
	Real Time and Linux, Part 3: Sub-Kernels and Benchmarks by Kevin Dankwardt In the last part of our real-time overview series, Kevin Dankwardt reviews the sub-kernel approach as used in RTLinux and RTAI and reports benchmark numbers.
Contests
	NIC Contest Winners by Don Marti In our second contest, winners took a humble desktop thin client and connected it to the wider world.
	Linux4.TV Contest Update by Don Marti Just because it's a TV-based device doesn't mean our finalists are catering to their inner couch potato.
Letters
	Letters by Letters Editor What? No more MontaVista Journeyman? What about GNU cross-compiler?
New Products
	New Products by Heather Mead Thin Client Medallion Mini Development Kit, Zendex ZXR-x86 Embedded Controller, FASTPATH for Linux, JumpStart for Communications with Lynx OS 4.0.

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If last month's Infrastrucuture issue was too "big" for you then try on this month's Embedded issue. Find out how to use Player for programming mobile robots, build a humidity controller for your root cellar, find out how to reduce the boot time of your embedded system, and if you're new to embedded systems find out the basics that go into one. You can also read about the Beagle Board, the Mesh Potato and a spate of other interestingly named items. And along with our regular columns don't miss our new monthly column: Economy Size Geek.

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