Devices can be character devices (like keyboards and serial ports), block devices (such as hard disks and USB devices), network devices and virtual devices. On Linux systems, devices are represented ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

Editor's Note: Embedded Linux has consistently ranked among the top operating systems used in embedded system design. With the rapid growth in interest in the Internet of Things (IoT), the ability of ...

One of the many nice things about Linux is that there's always so much power at your fingertips. With that power comes great information that can help you troubleshoot issues or simply see how much ...

In theory, writing a Linux device driver shouldn’t be that hard, but it is harder than it looks. However, using libusb, you can easily deal with USB devices from user space, which, for many purposes, ...

Install nmap if you don't already have it on your Linux computer. Run "sudo apt-get install nmap" on Ubuntu, or "sudo dnf install nmap" on Fedora. To do a quick scan of your network and discover the ...

In previous articles, we looked at how to configure the kernel as well as the key components of an embedded operating system (OS). This new article focuses on the hardware components of embedded Linux ...

The Proteus Device from XXLSEC is a handheld computer with a 5 inch touchscreen display and a secure, Linux-based operating system called PriveOS. At first glance, it looks a lot like a smartphone.

Memfault, which provides an Internet of Things (IoT)-based reliability platform, has announced that its solution now includes full support for embedded Linux. This expansion, according to the company, ...

Recently, an article crossed my path that made me smile. There’s not much in tech these days that does that, so I took a moment to savor this rare sensation. The piece by Jack Wallen on ZDNet pitched ...