Category Archives: Hardware

Embedded Linux practical labs with the Beagle Board

Posted on November 25, 2009 by Michael Opdenacker

Get valuable embedded Linux experience using our practical labs on a Beagle Board. We were asked to customize our embedded Linux training session with specific labs on OMAP 3530 hardware. After a successful delivery on the customer site, using Beagle … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, News, Technical, training | Tagged beagle, embedded, linux, training | 6 Comments

CALAO boards supported in mainline U-Boot

Posted on September 30, 2009 by Albin Tonnerre

I’m happy to announce that a couple days ago, support for the CALAO SBC35-A9G20, TNY-A9260 and TNY-A9G20 boards made its way into the U-Boot git repository. Sadly, it’s not possible to boot from an MMC/SD card with the SBC35 yet, … Continue reading →

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The Bifferboard: tiny, low power embedded x86 board

Posted on July 3, 2009 by Michael Opdenacker

A nice, cheap and tiny x86 embedded board that runs Linux and just consumes 1W. It has all the basic connectivity you need in an embedded system. As you may already know, we maintain a list of attractive and Linux … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, News | Tagged Hardware, power, qemu, x86 | 4 Comments

Building Android on Beagle

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Michael Opdenacker

Updated instructions to use Android on the Beagle board These instructions are derived from Embinux.org’s Android Porting Guide to Beagle Board, based on their work to port Android on the Beagle board. They correct multiple inaccuracies in this guide, and … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, Technical | Tagged beagle | 31 Comments

Beagle board MMC boot myths?

Posted on June 4, 2009 by Michael Opdenacker

Booting a Beagle board from an MMC/SD should be easier than what people tell you At the time of this writing, most documentation that you can find on the web about the Beagle board will tell you that you need … Continue reading →

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USB-Ethernet device for Linux

Posted on March 16, 2009 by Michael Opdenacker

Useful device when you work with an embedded development board For our Embedded Linux training sessions, I was looking for a USB to Ethernet device. Since Linux supported devices are often difficult to find, I’m glad to share my investigations … Continue reading →

Posted in Hardware, Technical, training | Tagged Hardware, linux, training | 22 Comments

Real hardware in our training sessions

Posted on February 25, 2009 by Michael Opdenacker

At last, real hardware in our training sessions If you haven’t had a look at our new training agendas, you may not have noticed that we now use real hardware in our embedded Linux and kernel training sessions. For 4 … Continue reading →

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