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.

Linux is set to reign in the embedded operating system market, but rigid standards are needed if developers are not to be driven to Windows CE. X. Trending. Black Friday 2024: Everything you ...

MontaVista Software offers embedded-system developers only two Linux versions. The Professional Edition is a Linux-based embedded-source and binary-distribution, cross-development platform and a set ...

First, Linux is popular for embedded applications for the same reason it became prevalent for enterprise server platforms: it's free. Linux is an open-source operating system, with source code ...

Embedded Linux, which competes with embedded operating systems from Microsoft and Wind River Systems, has been catching on. NEC and Sony sell Linux-based consumer electronics devices such as ...

Other embedded Linux contenders include LynuxWorks, Coollogic, Finite State Machine Labs, TimeSys and Applied Data Systems. But MontaVista, with 155 employees at six locations worldwide, has ...

“Linux is huge in the embedded market because it can be adapted for any application, but it isn’t always easy to get started with a custom design,” says Grant Likely, ...

In my writings about past embedded systems conferences, I've characterized the impact of Linux on the embedded market as a “disruptive technology” that was rewriting the rules of the game. Not any ...

“Linux is huge in the embedded market because it can be adapted for any application, but it isn’t always easy to get started with a custom design,” says Grant Likely, Linux kernel developer ...

Well, we suppose someone had to do it, we're just glad it wasn't us. When the dust settled, they found that Embedded Linux has a slight lead, with 313 devices compared to Windows Embedded's 290.

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Although several embedded Linux workshops and training sessions are now available, only a few developers can actually manage to attend them—a technically oriented book on embedded Linux is in demand.