LinuxDevices.com Newsletter for Dec. 5, 2002

      WELCOME TO LINUXDEVICES.COM'S EMBEDDED LINUX NEWSLETTER 
                          December 5, 2002
                by Rick Lehrbaum -- Executive Editor

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USING EMBEDDED LINUX IN A RECONFIGURABLE HIGH-RES NETWORK CAMERA
This technical article describes the architecture and design
philosophy behind a new Linux-based 1.3 megapixel network camera
that delivers full-sized images at up to 15 frames per second.
Because both the embedded software and FPGA hardware algorithms are
released as open source technologies, developers can readily
customize the camera's operation to meet specialized requirements.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2441343146.html


RED HAT ANNOUNCES "CARRIER-GRADE LINUX" SUPPORT 
Red Hat is adding carrier-grade support to the Red Hat Linux
Advanced Server, a software platform for mission critical
applications.  The enhancements will target standards-based
telecommunications equipment using Intel architecture processors.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS4590604013.html


NEW IP VIDEOPHONE FEATURES AN EMBEDDED LINUX OS
InnoMedia will unveil a Linux-based IP videophone at CableNET '02
in Anaheim, CA. The device, which is equipped with a 4-inch color
TFT LCD and has the look and feel and ease of use of an ordinary
telephone, is capable of delivering real-time high quality video
images at up to 768 Kbps bandwidth.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6184571287.html


ZAURUS SL-C700 (VGA MODEL) COMING TO THE US SOON?
An article in PC World reports that Sharp's new Zaurus SL-C700
clamshell-style Linux PDA will be introduced in the U.S. in the
beginning of 2003, priced at about $500.  The device features a
miniature notebook-like keyboard along with a unique 640x480 pixel
VGA LCD screen, plus a total of 96MB memory (64MB Flash + 32MB
SDRAM).
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6799894707.html


GNU BAYONNE TELEPHONY SERVER EXPANDS SYNTHETIC VOICE SUPPORT
The latest Bayonne beta release greatly expands support for and
integration of automated text-to-speech (TTS) synthesized voice
systems.  Using technology derived from the "flite" TTS technology
initially developed at Carnegie Mellon University, it's now
possible to have fully automated high quality voice synthesis for
Linux-based telephony applications.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS2579976115.html


HONG KONG TRIO UNVEILS CHINESE LINUX OS FOR MOBILE DEVICES
Three Chinese companies have announced the "Chinese 2000 Mobile
Linux Operating System."  The new Chinese mobile OS resulted from a
joint development effort among the three.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6632915028.html


IP TV PLATFORM RESTS ON EMBEDDED LINUX, POWERPC405 FOUNDATION
MontaVista Software and Araneo Ltd. announced a technology
collaboration aimed at the digital TV market.  Araneo's IP TV
Platform, developed on the MontaVista Linux OS and development
platform and using IBM STBxxxx integrated controllers, receives
MPEG video streams that are delivered over DVB (Digital Video
Broadcast) or IP, and played directly on TVs. 
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS6884978245.html


IS LINUX FREE?
A developer chronicles his team's experience with embedding Linux
in a PowerPC-based project and compares the process to development
based on VxWorks, in this interesting article at Embedded.com. The
team chose to go the "roll your own" route, along with some
assistance from an outside consulting group (rather than using a
commercial Embedded Linux toolkit).  Would he do it again?
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8043890725.html


EMBEDDED LINUX:  MAYBE YES, MAYBE NO, BUT DEFINITELY 
WORTH A LOOK-SEE
In this online article at Control Solutions magazine, editor Wayne
Labs examines the use of Linux in embedded system applications and
concludes that "It's worth a look-see."
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3466262541.html


AN INTERVIEW WITH LINUX KERNEL HACKER, INGO MOLNAR
In this interview at kerneltrap.org, Linux kernel contributor Ingo
Molnar explores how he started working on the Linux kernel,
explains the concepts behind his new O(1) scheduler, and describes
many of his other kernel efforts.  Molnar's other highly visible
contributions include software-RAID support and the in-kernel Tux
web and FTP servers.
http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS3052752993.html


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*  EMBEDDED LINUX INTRODUCTION & OVERVIEW ("start here")
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*  EMBEDDED LINUX DISTRIBUTIONS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2760742655.html

*  REAL-TIME LINUX
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8073314981.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX GUI/WINDOWING SOFTWARE
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT9202043619.html

*  JAVA TECHNOLOGIES FOR EMBEDDED LINUX SYSTEMS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8918758707.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY SYSTEM-ON-CHIP PROCESSORS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4313418436.html

*  LINUX-FRIENDLY EMBEDDED SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2614444132.html

*  LITTLE LINUX SYSTEMS FOR PROJECTS & PRODUCTS
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT2016997232.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX "COOL DEVICES"
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT4936596231.html

*  LINUX-BASED PDAs
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT8728350077.html

*  EMBEDDED LINUX MARKET
   http://www.linuxdevices.com/articles/AT5991623822.html


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