SCALE 5x, the Southern California Linux Expo has issued a call for papers. SCALE 5x will be held on Feb 10-11, 2007 at the Los Angeles Airport Westin. Past speakers have included Chris Dibona, Jon "maddog" Hall, and Andrew Morton. If you are working on an interesting open-source / Linux related project, or just want to address the community, SCALE welcomes you to submit a presentation proposal.
I came across this handy little UAV that runs on a Gumstix sbc and talks to a linux laptop via bluetooth.
1. Introduction
RC model helicopter prices have reached a point where all sorts of challenging (i.e. crash-prone) robotics projects become affordable. This document explains how to build a 300 g, 3D-capable helicopter with embedded Linux and Bluetooth datalink for less than 500 EUR.
As a proof of concept, we provide software which allows the helicopter to be remotely controlled over Bluetooth with a PC joystick. Future work will focus on the integration of sensors (IMU, altitude, magnetic compas, GPS, camera) and flight control software (either third-party or dedicated).
Tuesday, November 22 2005 @ 09:15 AM MST Contributed by: holla Views: 29064
For the past three months, this website's ewiki pages have been hammered by some stupid spammer from China. I've had to turn off access to the ewiki until I get a chance to update the software. Sorry about the inconvience.
Wednesday, November 16 2005 @ 10:10 AM MST Contributed by: paulz Views: 10424
More cards to plug in, more systems to develop.
C Data has integrated serial I/O and storage cards into the latest uclinux software distribution that ships with the Compact Flash Computer. These complement the existing Ethernet and WiFi cards.
The serial I/O driver is an important major development. It not only allows the Compact Flash Computer in interface to RS232/RS485 systems but enables access to all CF cards that support a serial interface. These include GSM/GPRS, GPS, Bluetooth and DAQ Compact Flash cards.
The storage cards allow GBytes of storage to be added to the existing 8Mbytes on the Compact Flash Computer flash filing system.
The Compact Flash Computer has been adopted by several major companies in the Aerospace, Defence and consumer industries as a ‘rapid prototype’/’proof of concept’ platform. C Data Solutions can provide ‘complete system solutions’. This may be as simple as configuring IP address and providing 3rd party CF cards to developing custom hardware and software to provide complete product solutions. C Data Solutions will OEM the design to volume users to ensure lowest production costs.
The arrival of the serial driver will open up many new markets that require GSM/GPRS and GPS. Systems can be plugged together in minutes and development started immediately. A working prototype in days? weeks? with no expensive hardware development costs.
For more information see their web page www.cdatas.com or contact info@cdatas.com.
A contest to create applications and find bugs in a mobile "Linux desktop server" is underway. Realm Systems will award $75,000 for the best entertainment, security, IT infrastructure, productivity, and "other" applications for its Black Dog Linux device (Debian based), as well as for "most bug reports."
Realm's BlackDog server is essentially an open source, Debian-based version of the company's mobile client technology. The tiny device measures a mere 3.5 x 1.75 x 0.5 inches and weighs 1.6 ounces. It has its own embedded PowerPC processor, 64MB of RAM memory, 256 or 512 MB of Flash storage, and an integrated biometric fingerprint scanner. It also includes an SD/MMC slot for expanding memory or adding SDIO peripheral devices, and provides a USB client port compatible with USB 1.1 or USB 2.0 ports.
The BlackDog is powered completely through the USB port of the host computer. Upon insertion, it uses Windows, Mac, or Linux autorun features to launch a script that commandeers the host PC's keyboard, mouse, and video.
The company hopes its coding contest will help establish an open source developer community behind the technology.
From LinuxDevices.com http://www.linuxdevices.com/news/NS8118398634.html
An open source embedded training and services company in the South of France has expanded its collection of freely licensed French- and English-language educational materials about embedded Linux. Free Electrons says the lectures, presentations, and practical labs can be useful for either corporate training or self-study.
Free Electrons develops corporate training programs about open source embedded development, which it says it delivers to clients around the world. It first began sharing its training materials under the GNU Free Documentation License a year ago.
Since then, Free Electrons's collection of materials has grown to include more than a thousand pages and slides, it says, including 13 lectures and presentations, and 11 practical labs covering many aspects of developing embedded systems with open source software. It now publishes its work under the Creative Commons Attribution -- Share-alike 2.0 license.
Recently added material includes:
Training material:
audio in embedded Linux systems
http://free-electrons.com/training/audio
multimedia in embedded Linux systems http://free-electrons.com/training/multimedia
Presentations:
embedded Linux from scratch in 40 minutes
http://free-electrons.com/articles/elfs
Linux on TI OMAP processors
http://free-electrons.com/articles/omap
free software development tools
http://free-electrons.com/articles/swdev
Free Electrons spokesperson Michael Opdenacker said, "Though they target corporate sessions, which fund their development, these materials are also meant to be used by individuals interested in self-training."
A complete listing of newly added material, and a list of changes to older material, can be found here.
http://free-electrons.com/news/news.2005-10-15
Wow, its May already and I've made no progress here. Thanks for your patience. I'm totally swamped with projects that are keeping me away from here. I'll be back soon.
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