A quick serial logging application
Recently when debugging a device connected to a rs485 bus, I needed a simple application to dump the raw data coming over the rs485 bus. … Read More »A quick serial logging application
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Apache and how to correctly use NameVirtualHost
As I often get involved in server administration (SVN, git, redmine, etc setup), I deal with Apache on a regular basis. For simple configurations, the… Read More »Apache and how to correctly use NameVirtualHost
Best practices for kernel development with OpenEmbedded
A common question is how do you do kernel development with OpenEmbedded? Typically, OpenEmbedded builds a kernel by checking the source out of a git… Read More »Best practices for kernel development with OpenEmbedded
converting digital camera movies to ogg format
Now that firefox (v3.5) has built in support for ogg videos, ogg is now the most convenient format for “easy to view” video files (assuming… Read More »converting digital camera movies to ogg format
Best practices for building Gtk+ applications with OpenEmbedded
I recently wrote an article about best practices building Qt applications with OpenEmbedded, and it occured to me that I should write an equivalent article… Read More »Best practices for building Gtk+ applications with OpenEmbedded
Best practices for building Qt applications with OpenEmbedded
This article describes how to cross compile a Qt application (named qt_tutorial) with OpenEmbedded, and several best practices you should consider. OpenEmbedded currently includes fairly… Read More »Best practices for building Qt applications with OpenEmbedded
Gumstix Overo Pinout Spreadsheet updated
The Gumstix Overo Pinout Spreadsheet has been updated with the Palo board connector pinouts, and a few mistakes have been fixed.
How to capture source changes to an OpenEmbedded package
One task that is a often confusing to new OpenEmbedded users is how to capture changes to the source code for a package/recipe. First, lets… Read More »How to capture source changes to an OpenEmbedded package
Embedded Linux versus Windows CE
Occasionally I am asked how Embedded Linux compares with Windows CE. I have spent the past 5 years doing mostly embedded Linux development, and the… Read More »Embedded Linux versus Windows CE
Dealing with large data structures efficiently in embedded systems
I’m currently dealing with a programming problem where I need access to several 64MB, file-backed data structures concurrently on an Embedded Linux system that only… Read More »Dealing with large data structures efficiently in embedded systems