EMJ Embedded Systems Introduces White Dwarf Linux -- It's A Power-Packed Little Star for Embedded Applications.Business Editors/High Tech Writers APEX, N.C.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 4, 2000 EMJ EMJ Emergency Medicine Journal Embedded Systems Embedded systems Computer systems that cannot be programmed by the user because they are preprogrammed for a specific task and are buried within the equipment they serve. , a leading distributor of embedded solutions, has lowered the costs for developing embedded applications. Its white dwarf white dwarf, in astronomy, a type of star that is abnormally faint for its white-hot temperature (see mass-luminosity relation). Typically, a white dwarf star has the mass of the sun and the radius of the earth but does not emit enough light or other radiation to be linux (wd linux) 1.0 is now available at http://www.emjembedded.com/linux Containing more than 40 software packages, including a web browser The program that serves as your front end to the Web on the Internet. In order to view a site, you type its address (URL) into the browser's Location field; for example, www.computerlanguage.com, and the home page of that site is downloaded to you. , an Apache 1.3.11 web server and email capability, white dwarf 1.0 is based on the most recent Linux kernel: 2.2.14. This tiny distribution of Linux is ideal for Internet appliances, process control, medical equipment, industrial automation, wireless applications and testing equipment. &uot;Linux is the wave of the future when it comes to embedded applications,&uot; EMJ Embedded Systems Vice President Mark Estill says. &uot;Because wd linux is open source, developers have the ability to modify their applications whenever they want. Gone are the days of paying huge licensing fees for a proprietary operating system.&uot; Continuing, Estill adds,&uot;With wd linux, engineers can use the Internet to monitor or trouble shoot embedded controllers in the field or in the factory.&uot; Named for a White Dwarf Star white dwarf star Any of a class of small, faint stars representing the end point of the evolution of stars without enough mass to become neutron stars or black holes. , which is a small but extremely dense star, white dwarf linux is small enough to load on embedded PCs but dense enough to contain the features embedded applications demand including: -- A fully graphical package-based installer that allows developers to choose the exact features they need for their applications -- TCP/ip tools including ftp, telnet, ping, hostname, ftpd, telnetd -- Mailx to allow sending and receiving of email -- A full-featured terminal emulation package -- A stripped down Apache 1.3.11 web server -- gcc development tools -- ppp drivers and scripts -- vim, a modern vi replacement white dwarf linux for SBCs wd linux currently runs on JUMPtec single board computers including the DIMM-PC, the MOPSlcd4 , and the MOPS586. The roadmap calls for it to support all JUMPtec and Adastra single board computers with support for other platforms in the future. wd linux consists of a 1.44MB bootdisk and a 1.44MB rootdisk. The bootdisk contains the kernel, while the rootdisk contains the installer needed to do a network install of wd linux. Currently v1.0 is a package-based install that can be from 5MB to over 50MB depending on the options chosen. It is designed to download directly to the DIMM-PC's onboard flash or a chipDISK flash drive on the MOPS boards, or to an IDE Drive. DIMM-PC, MOPSlcd4 and the MOPS586 JUMPtec's DIMM-PC/486 measures only 40x68 mm (1.57 x 2.68 inches) but packs the same punch as a standard 486 PC. DIMM-PC/486 ships with 16 MB of DRAM, 16 MB of IDE compatible flash and supports two serial ports and a parallel port, as well as floppy and hard drive interfaces, a real time clock and watchdog timer, and an I2C-bus. Ethernet and VGA/LCD capabilities are controlled by an optional DIMM-PC I/O (Input/Output) The transfer of data between the CPU and a peripheral device. Every transfer is an output from one device and an input to another. See PC input/output. I/O - Input/Output module. The MOPSlcd4 and MOPS586 boards from JUMPtec are PC/104 single board computers. Both feature an AMD (Advanced Micro Devices, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA, www.amd.com) A major manufacturer of semiconductor devices including x86-compatible CPUs, embedded processors, flash memories, programmable logic devices and networking chips. 586 133MHz (MegaHertZ) One million cycles per second. It is used to measure the transmission speed of electronic devices, including channels, buses and the computer's internal clock. A one-megahertz clock (1 MHz) means some number of bits (16, 32, 64, etc. processor and 4MB of DRAM and support ethernet, two serial ports, a parallel port, floppy and harddrive, keyboard, real time clock and watchdog timer. The MOPSlcd4 supports VGA/CRT and LCD. ABOUT EMJ EMBEDDED SYSTEMS EMJ Embedded Systems, a division of EMJ America Inc., distributes a full line of single board computers, Flash solutions, PC Card disk drives, PC Card readers, PC/104 add-on cards, PC/104 peripherals, alphanumeric displays, software and enclosures. EMJ is a publicly traded company publicly traded company A company whose shares of common stock are held by the public and are available for purchase by investors. The shares of publicly traded firms are bought and sold on the organized exchanges or in the over-the-counter market. with revenues of $150 million and can be found on the Toronto Stock Exchange Toronto Stock Exchange (TSE) Canada's largest stock exchange, trading approximately 1,200 company stocks and 33 options. under the symbol EMJ. (T.EMJ for Internet quote servers). Visit EMJ America online at http://www.emj.com. ABOUT JUMPtec(R) JUMPtec(R) Industrielle Computertechnik AG is a leading developer and marketer of high integration CPU CPU in full central processing unit Principal component of a digital computer, composed of a control unit, an instruction-decoding unit, and an arithmetic-logic unit. and LCD controller boards for industrial applications. JUMPtec was founded in 1991 by a team of industry veterans and has extensive experience in PC technology and high integration design techniques. JUMPtec is a publicly traded company on the New Market. http://www.jumptec.com LINUX is a trademark of Linus Torvalds. |
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