Web seminar

Web seminar

Just a quick “heads up”. If you are interested in Android and Linux in embedded systems, you might like to attend a…

More uses for an MMU

More uses for an MMU

Some time ago, I wrote about the use of a memory management unit (MMU) for embedded applications and covered the…

The one line RTOS

The one line RTOS

I like simple things. Excessive complexity tends to annoy me. When I first started working with computers, I thought that…

Embedded Linux – why?

Embedded Linux – why?

I have pondered before the appropriateness of Linux for embedded applications. My initial stance was clear enough: I could see…

Electronics for the sick

Electronics for the sick

I have always for medical electronics interesting and I have blogged about it from time to time [here and here,…

AMP vs SMP

AMP vs SMP

It is becoming common for embedded designs to incorporate more than one CPU – maybe multiple cores on a chip…

Using an MMU

Using an MMU

On a previous occasion, I talked about using an MMU [memory management unit] for a specific, slight esoteric purpose. I…

OS influence on power consumption

OS influence on power consumption

Power consumption is an issue. With portable devices this affects battery life. [I am irritated by the short intervals between…

Introducing MCAPI

Introducing MCAPI

I recently wrote about a “multi-core” development project that I worked on many years ago, including some details of how…