Electronic Design

Linux Development Platform Eases FPGA Design

For the first time, developers of FPGA systems using the popular Xilinx products can build and deploy their systems on a Linux platform, thanks to the Linux Professional Edition from MontaVista ...
Electronic Design

Linux Targets Virtex-4 FX FPGA

Developers looking to take advantage of the two 32-bit PowerPC 405 processor cores in a Xilinx Virtex-4 FX FPGA can check out the Timesys 2.6.23 Linux kernel. The distribution is optimized for the ...
Electronics Weekly

Embedded Systems

Xilinx has announced the acquisition of embedded Linux specialist PetaLogix. The FPGA supplier has previously worked with PetaLogix for providing a Linux distribution for its MicroBlaze and PowerPC ...
Linux Journal

Linux Kernel 2.6: the Future of Embedded Computing, Part I

The embedded computing universe includes computers of all sizes, from tiny portable devices--such as wristwatch cameras--to systems having thousands of nodes distributed worldwide, as is the case with ...
Linux Journal

Porting RTOS Device Drivers to Embedded Linux

Linux has taken the embedded marketplace by storm. According to industry analysts, one-third to one-half of new embedded 32- and 64-bit designs employ Linux. Embedded Linux already dominates multiple ...
EDN

New PMC Module Uses Economical Spartan-6 FPGA to Reduce Cost of Complex Embedded Computing Tasks

“The Spartan-6 FPGA is designed for cost-sensitive applications, but with abundant logic resources and high-speed DSP, it is more than capable for many mil-aero and industrial control functions,” ...