When selecting the optimal OS for an embedded systems project it is important to compare the available options – will RTOS or Linux serve best? asks Graeme Wintle. At a top level, the choice is ...

A real-time system must respect time constraints to ensure that its execution makes functional sense. It must be deterministic, ensuring the execution of system processes a priori. After analyzing the ...

ByteSnap Design, the UK embedded software and electronic design consultancy, has entered a partnership with Digi ...

The augmentation of number of gates on chip makes SOC design more difficult. So we have to work on SOC design tools to make designer work easier and manage all the available gates. We propose an ...

The explosive growth of the Internet of Things (IoT) is just one of several trends that is fueling the demand for intelligent devices at the edge. Increasingly, embedded devices use Linux to leverage ...

The Linux operating system is set to become the de facto standard for "embedded" devices like robotics, information appliances and automobile information systems, but fragmentation could prove a ...

Open-source software is seriously impacting embedded systems development. In a recent Venture Development Corp. (VDC) survey of embedded developers, Linux was the most cited operating system for ...