Tag Archives: Hardware

Embedded Linux training: switch to the IGEPv2 board

Posted on June 29, 2011 by Thomas Petazzoni

Since early 2009, our training sessions have been using the USB-A9263 board from Calao Systems as the hardware platform for the practical labs. However, this AT91-based platform was getting older, and we therefore started the process of switching our training … Continue reading →

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Faster boot: starting Linux directly from AT91bootstrap

Posted on September 19, 2009 by Albin Tonnerre

Reducing start-up time looks like one of the most discussed topics nowadays, for both embedded and desktop systems. Typically, the boot process consists of three steps: First-stage bootloader Second-stage bootloader Linux kernel The first-stage bootloader is often a tiny piece … 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 →

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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 →

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