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August 2, 2011 8:37 PM
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Calao Snowball Development Boards Are now Available

Earlier in February, ST Ericsson had announced the availability of development boards running Linaro based on their Nova A9500 processor.4 different development kits based on this platform can now be purchased online on Calao...
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August 1, 2011 9:59 PM
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Is it IPv6 Time ? IPv6 Basics on Linux

The first time I worked on IPv6 was in 2000 in my master’s degree thesis where I started an implementation of Mobile IP based on IPv6 in Linux Redhat.
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August 1, 2011 9:58 PM
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ARM Based Android Set-Top Boxes at China Content Broadcasting Network Exhibition

The 19th China Content Broadcasting Network Exhibition (CCBN 2011) took place on March 23 – 25 2011 at the  China International Exhibition Center in Beijing.
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August 1, 2011 9:58 PM
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NXP to release “Internet of Things” source code

Up to now, mainly people were using the Internet, but now things connect to the internet without human beings intervention for data collection (sensors) in order to improve the efficiency of different systems, this is what is called the...
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May 19, 2011 3:32 AM
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Ziilabs announced the ZMS-20 aimed at Android 3.0 Tablets

Here’s how Ziilabs describes their new dual core processor aimed at tablets running Android honeycomb: The ZMS-20 has been engineered for high-resolution tablet computing and combines ZiiLABS’ StemCell media processing array with...
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April 19, 2011 2:57 AM
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Rockchip RK2918 based Set-Top Box and Laptop

Rockchip RK2919 is apparently being implemented in many tablets such as Arnova 10, but they are also used in STB / media players and Laptops.Rockchip showcased their set-top box reference design at Hong Kong Electronics Fair 2010.
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April 15, 2011 10:26 PM
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Boot Linux in 300 milliseconds - CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development

Boot Linux in 300 milliseconds - CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
Minimal Embedded Linux boots in 300ms on Texas Instruments' Beagleboard...
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April 15, 2011 10:26 PM
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Android 2.3.3 Firmware for HTC, Motorola, ZTE, Samsung smartphones

Android 2.3.3 Firmware for HTC, Motorola, ZTE, Samsung smartphones | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
CyanogenMod is an aftermarket firmware for a number of cell phones and tablets based on the open-source Android operating system. It offers features not found in the official Android based firmwares of vendors of these cell phones.
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April 15, 2011 10:25 PM
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MIPS Launches New Android and Linux Developer Community

MIPS Technologies announced the launch of its new Developer Community at developer.mips.com.
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April 14, 2011 11:49 PM
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Linaro 11.05 Beta Ubuntu images available at LinuxUK - Jamie Bennett Speaks

Adventures in Linux Land...
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April 12, 2011 12:00 AM
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Android to get 50% of smartphones market share by 2012

A Gartner’s study expects worldwide smartphone sales will reach 468 million units in 2011, a 57.7 percent increase from 2010.
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April 7, 2011 12:37 AM
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Linaro at the Embedded Linux Conference | Linaro - Software foundations for an open digital world

Linaro at the Embedded Linux Conference | Linaro - Software foundations for an open digital world | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
Overview of talks given by Linaro engineers at the 2011 edition of the Embedded Linux Conference in San Francisco.
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April 7, 2011 12:34 AM
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C Code to get MAC Address and IP Address

Function in C to return the MAC Address: /* Returns the MAC Address Params: int iNetType - 0: ethernet, 1: Wifi char chMAC[6] - ...
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August 1, 2011 9:59 PM
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Over 40 Percent of Embedded Projects are Behind Schedule

VDC Research has published a research note entitled “Running Behind Schedule: The Crisis in Software & System Development” where they surveyed some embedded and enterprise developers and got the result that over 40% of developers...
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Compile with ARM Thumb2 to Reduce Memory Footprint and Improve Performance

ARM claims that Thumb-2 instructions (for ARM Cortex cores and all ARMv7 processors) provides performance improvements and code size optimization: Thumb-2 technology is the instruction set underlying the ARM Cortex architecture...
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August 1, 2011 9:58 PM
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Ali M3701G: New MIPS based STB SoC

Ali, a Taiwan company, manufacturer of chips for multimedia devices such as DVD player , Set-top boxes, media player has recently announced a new chipset for DVB STB based on MIPS architecture called the M3701G.
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May 19, 2011 3:33 AM
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Yocto Project: Build Your Own Custom Embedded Kernel Image

The Yocto Project is an open source collaboration project that provides templates, tools and methods to help you create custom Linux-based systems for embedded products regardless of the hardware architecture.
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April 19, 2011 2:57 AM
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Embedded Linux Quick Start / Tutorial Videos - CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development

Embedded Linux Tutorial Videos ( 3 hours) including a lab session with NXP LPC3250 development kit running u-boot (bootloader) and Linux angstrom (kernel)...
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April 15, 2011 10:26 PM
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Mediatek based Low Cost Android Capacitive Smartphone

Here’s a video about an Android 2.2 Capacitive touchscreen phone based on Mediatek MTK6516 processor. By today’s standard, this processor is not very fast (460 MHz), but its price point allows for very low cost smartphones.
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HTC Sensation runs on Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260

HTC Sensation runs on Dual-Core Qualcomm Snapdragon MSM8260 | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
HTC has just announced its new smartphone – the HTC Sensation – powered by the latest Snapdragon Dual Core MSM8260 running @ 1.2 GHz with an 4.
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CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development » RK2918 Arnova 10 with Capacitive Touchscreen

CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development » RK2918 Arnova 10 with Capacitive Touchscreen | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
Low cost 10" Capacitive Android 2.3 Tablet to be released in May 2011 by Arnova, Archos' subsidiary in Hong Kong.
Similar product to Archos 101.
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April 14, 2011 11:52 PM
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Announcement: Linaro ARM Optimized Toolchain for Android platform - android-platform | Google Groups

Today we're announcing a new technical preview of ARM optimized
toolchain for Android platform by Linaro[1].
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April 12, 2011 12:00 AM
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Video commemorating the 20th Anniversary of Linux

Linux is born in April 1991, with Linus Torvalds making it public with the following post on minix newsgroups:

Hello everybody out there using minix -
I’m doing a (free) operating system (just a hobby, won’t be big and professional like gnu) for 386(486) AT clones.
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April 8, 2011 5:31 AM
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ARM Partners everywhere at CCBN

ARM Partners everywhere at CCBN | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
There were several highlights at the show from triple play platforms to Android based set-top-box (STB) / iTVs to 3D gaming and stereoscopic devices.
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April 7, 2011 12:35 AM
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CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development » Removing Old Kernels in Ubuntu with Synaptic

CNXSoft – Embedded Software Development » Removing Old Kernels in Ubuntu with Synaptic | Embedded Systems News | Scoop.it
Removing Old Kernels in Ubuntu with Synaptic http://tinyurl.
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