Editor's Note: Linux remains an attractive option for embedded systems developers. In fact, industry surveys such as the Embedded Market Study by UBM (EDN's parent company) consistently show interest ...

Linux has influenced the strategies of some of the world's biggest software and hardware companies and entered the IT departments of even the most traditional corporations. Why? Because Linux at first ...

Ask a sampling of embedded Linux vendors what they think the most likely embedded Linux “killer apps” are, and you'll probably end up with a list similar to this: Telecommunications infrastructure ...

Electronics and software going into medical devices has become increasingly more sophisticated. Platforms utilizing embedded Linux are also common these days. Likewise, safety and security remain ...

A study recently conducted by Venture Development Corporation (VDC) reveals that embedded hardware makers are increasingly choosing noncommercial Linux technologies over commercial Linux solutions.

USB 2.0, about forty times faster than conventional USB, makes its debut in Linux 2.6. The high speed USB devices support device bandwidth of up to 480 megabits per second, compared to 12 mbit/sec of ...

The Embedded Linux Consortium released its first specifications to the application development community last week, with the hopes of creating a standard set of parameters for writing interoperable ...

Not to be outdone by Red Hat and Wind River’s embedded Linux news last week, MontaVista announced Version 3.1 of its Consumer Electronics Edition operating system. The software, based on the Linux 2.4 ...

JeVois is a small, open-source, smart machine vision camera that was funded on Kickstarter in early 2017. I backed it because cameras that embed machine vision elements are steadily growing more ...