Embedded Linux is the most hyped embedded operating system ever. It is promoted as inexpensive, high quality, high productivity, reliable, widely available, and well supported. It is none of these ...

A major update to a popular hardware-agnostic embedded Linux platform brings enhanced cybersecurity, long-term support, and seamless updates, helping OEMs deliver smarter, future-proof devices while ...

The very first step in starting an embedded Linux system does not involve Linux at all. Instead, the processor is reset and starts executing code from a given location. This location contains a ...

CNXSoft: This is a guest port by Erik Wierich, Senior Engineer at RISCstar Solutions, demonstrating a practical security implementation for embedded ...

Cross-platform development The traditional model for Embedded Linux (and all embedded system development) is cross-platform development. In this development style, you create your software on a ...

Further, a huge number of Linux-experienced enterprise professionals are finding that Linux is a familiar entre into the world of embedded systems. First, Linux is popular for embedded applications ...

Embedded guru Rick Lehrbaum has authored a couple of handy "Quick Reference Guides" that give a high-level overview of Linux in the embedded market and the various versions of embedded Linux.

I was interested in trying Linux in this embedded system, if for no other reason than to avoid DOS's kludged networking. It happened that waiting for our custom boards to be readied gave me enough ...

A number of variants of Linux are available for embedded-system use, from standard kernels to those modified to support hard real-time applications.

If you don’t have root, you don’t own a device, despite what hundreds of Internet of Things manufacturers would tell you. Being able to access and write to that embedded Linux system in your ...