Embedded Linux |
Embedded Linux refers to the use of the Linux operating system in embedded systems such as cell phones, personal digital assistants, media player handsets, and other consumer electronics devices.
In the past an embedded development was mostly performed using proprietary software code written in Assembler. Developers had to write all of the hardware device driver and interfaces from scratch.
It appeared that the Linux kernel, combined with a small set of other free software utilities, could be fit into the confines of the limited hardware space of an embedded device. A typical installation of embedded Linux takes about 2 megabytes.
Some other embedded OSs are QNX, LynxOS, Windows CE, Windows_NT, Palm OS.
Embedded Linux has these advantages compared to other embedded OSes:
=Embedded Linux Consortium=
In San Francisco, California on July 15, 2003 the , announced a new phase of standardization activity to prepare specifications that will help product developers manage power consumption, design user interfaces and achieve real time performance for embedded Linux applications. The standards are to create a globally accepted platform offering test suites and branding to enhance the marketability of conforming products. In 2002, the ELC introduced the Embedded Linux Consortium Platform Specification (ELCPS). The target for the first draft of the ELCPS API was May 2004.
=LinuxDevices.com=
Founded in November, 1999, [http://linuxdevices.com/ LinuxDevices.com] has become a highly popular resource for those seeking the latest news and information relating to the growing use of Linux within embedded systems and devices of all kinds. The site publishes numerous quick reference guides with information and photos of newly announced Linux-powered gadgets and devices including PDAs, mobile phones, robots, gateway/server devices, consumer electronics, and industrial applications. It also publishes lists of both [http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2760742655.html free and commercial embedded Linux distributions] and other related software such as embedded browsers, graphical user interfaces (GUIs), Java Virtual Machines (JVMs), and application-oriented middleware. The site s guides to [http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html Linux PDAs] and [http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9423084269.html Linux Smartphones] are among its most popular pages.
=List of mobile telephones running Linux=
=See also=
=External links=
*[http://dmoz.org/Computers/Software/Operating_Systems/Linux/Embedded/ Embedded Linux @ dmoz.org] *[http://www.embedded.com/searcheetn.jhtmlqueryText=linux linux @ embedded.com] *[http://www.crcpress.com/shopping_cart/products/product_detail.aspid=&parent_id=&sku=AU0586&pc= Embedded Linux System Design and Development, P. Raghavan, Amol Lad & Sriram Neelakandan, Auerbach Publications] *[http://www.embeddedlinuxinterfacing.com Embedded Linux Interfacing: Hardware, Software and Interfacing, Craig Hollabaugh, Addison/Wesley] *[http://www.oreilly.com/catalog/belinuxsys/ Building Embedded Linux Systems, Karim Yaghmour, @ O Reilly] *http://www.uclinux.org/ *[http://www.lynuxworks.com/embedded-linux/embedded-linux.php BlueCat embedded Linux from LynuxWorks] *http://www.ucdot.org/ Embedded Linux Developer Forum *[http://www.linuxjournal.com/article/8016 the CE Linux Forum] has posted its [http://www.celinuxforum.org/publicspecifications.htm CE Linux Forum Specification] online, to help Linux on embedded systems boot faster and use low-power. *[http://www.emdebian.org/ Embedded Debian] *http://www.maemo.org/ Linux for Nokia 770 Internet Tablet [http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS5409534614.html @ linuxdevices.com] *http://www.handhelds.org/ *Free embedded Linux [http://free-electrons.com/training training materials] and [http://free-electrons.com/articles presentations] from [http://free-electrons.com Free Electrons]|
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