Embedded system developers have a wide range of operating systems available to them today. Of course, the most straightforward operating system is to have no operating system! However, many systems ...

The software company is shipping to approximately 100 partners and customers the first beta version of its Whistler Embedded software. Mary Jo Foley has covered the tech industry for 30 years for a ...

After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...

Microsoft OSs are commonly found on general purpose PCs and servers. Newer versions come out every couple of years and the older ones are retired. OEMs wanting to use Microsoft Windows on dedicated ...

At the start of the year, I highlighted key trends in 5 Embedded Software Trends to Watch in 2024, predicting the forces shaping the industry. As the year unfolded, many of these trends indeed drove ...

ThreadX from Express Logic now works with the Xilinx Embedded Development Kit 6.1i (EDK) and supports the Xilinx 32-bit MicroBlaze soft processor. The MicroBlaze processor uses a Harvard-style RISC ...

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...