Tag Archives: Linux

Raspberry Pi + Canon = Camera Pi: ARM 11 and Linux hack of a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR

Posted on August 20, 2012 by sleibson2

Here’s a link to a very interesting and cool hack of a Canon 5D Mk II DSLR achieved by stuffing a Raspberry Pi Linux-based single-board computer into an accessory battery grip. EDA360 Insider has covered the Raspberry Pi board before. … Continue reading →

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How to program all of those SoC processor cores? Answers from Jim Ready. Free event, September 18.

Posted on August 3, 2012 by sleibson2

While we can stamp out processors galore on an advanced-node SoC, programming those processors is another matter entirely. Yet “multicore” and “many-core” SoC designs are the in-vogue approach to processing performance. How to solve this dilemma? Get a glimpse of … Continue reading →

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RTOS pioneer Jim Ready discusses the intersection between embedded design and EDA

Posted on July 16, 2012 by sleibson2

Richard Goering has just published a pretty interesting interview with Jim Ready—one of the industry’s true embedded RTOS pioneers—in his Industry Insights blog. Ready developed VRTX in the early 1980s and his MontaVista team commercialized a version of embedded Linux … Continue reading →

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Friday Video: Two more low-cost, ARM-based, embedded-Linux development boards from ODROID and Google

Posted on July 12, 2012 by sleibson2

Recently, I published a list of 39 low-cost, ARM-based, embedded-Linux development boards. (See “39 low-cost boards for embedded Linux application development starting with Raspberry Pi. Want the list?”) I ran across two more of these dev boards this week that … Continue reading →

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39 low-cost boards for embedded Linux application development starting with Raspberry Pi. Want the list?

Posted on June 26, 2012 by sleibson2

Thanks to Google+, I just found this very interesting list of 39 low-cost development boards supporting embedded Linux development. Most of these boards cost less than US $200 and many of them cost less than US $100. The list was … Continue reading →

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Element14 sells out of the first batch of Raspberry Pi single-board ARM 11 computers in one day

Posted on February 29, 2012 by sleibson2

I just went to check about ordering an ARM-based Raspberry Pi computer board and Newark/Element14—the US distributor—has already sold out its initial allotment. Here are the specs: SoC Broadcom BCM2835 (CPU, GPU, DSP, and SDRAM) CPU: 700 MHz ARM1176JZF-S core … Continue reading →

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3D Thursday (Leap Year edition): Raspberry Pi now on sale, Feb 29

Posted on February 29, 2012 by sleibson2

The Raspberry Pi foundation has announced that you can now order the Raspberry Pi Model B—a $35 single-board computer—from its distributors: Premier Farnell (Element14 in the US) and RS Components. If you’re not familiar with the RaspBerry Pi board, it’s a … Continue reading →

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Want to start writing code for the two ARM Cortex-A9 processors on the Xilinx Zynq-7000 EPP right now? Virtual Platform makes it possible

Posted on October 26, 2011 by sleibson2

As of today, you can start to develop application software for the Xilinx Zynq-7000 family of Extensible Processing Platforms (EPP) using a virtual prototyping platform announced today and jointly developed by Xilinx and Cadence. The virtual platform provides an accurate … Continue reading →

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10 ways to get your EDA tools to run faster, smoother, and longer

Posted on September 21, 2011 by sleibson2

The IT troubleshooter drops his pack into a chair across the table from me and sits down. “We take care of…problems” he says. The problems he’s referring to are sluggish EDA tools. Perhaps you’ve encountered a few. Perhaps you suspected … Continue reading →

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Imperas develops fast models for newest ARM processor cores (ARM Cortex-A8, -A9, and –M4)

Posted on June 3, 2011 by sleibson2

Imperas has announced some additions to its fast SystemC/TLM-2.0 ARM processor models. New simulation models include the ARM Cortex-A8, -A9, and –M4. These three new models enhance the Imperas stable of ARM processor models that already included the ARM7, ARM9, … Continue reading →

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