WinSystems ''Blue Collar'' Linux Enables Development for Industrial Applications.ARLINGTON, Texas Arlington is a city in Tarrant County, Texas (USA) within the Dallas-Fort Worth-Arlington metropolitan area. According to a U.S Census Bureau release, as of July 1, 2006 Arlington has an estimated population of 367,197. -- WinSystems today announced Blue Collar Linux for its -40(degree) to +85(degree)C EPIC, PC/104, PC/104-Plus, and EBX EBX Electronic Book Exchange (XML standard) EBX Embedded Board Expandable (PC/104) EBX Electronic Branch Exchange EBX Enterprise Business eXtension (Orchestra Networks) single board computers (SBCs). "Blue Collar" Linux is WinSystems' implementation of GNU/Linux that provides customers a way to quickly embed Linux for industrial-based applications. Integrated with WinSystems' rugged x86-based products, it provides an excellent starting point for developing applications in machine control, instrumentation, COTS/military, machine-to-machine communications (M2M M2M Machine-to-Machine (communication, mainly mobile) M2M Minutes to Midnight (Linkin Park album) M2M Mobile to Mobile (cellular phone) M2M Member-to-Member M2M Month to Month ), transportation, pipeline, and homeland security. "Linux is a fast, low-cost, and widely accepted operating system well suited for robust embedded applications," said Robert A. Burckle, Vice-President of WinSystems. "Using a standard distribution for development and the Linux 2.6 kernel, we have created a small, royalty-free embedded operating system An operating system used in special-purpose applications (embedded systems). Embedded operating systems are typically very compact and often designed for real time operations. See embedded Linux, QNX, OS-9, Windows XP Embedded, Windows CE, VxWorks and Symbian OS. for use on our various SBC (1) (SBC Communications Inc., San Antonio, TX, www.sbc.com) A large, national telecommunications company that grew from a multitude of local and regional companies, including Southwestern Bell, Pacific Bell and Nevada Bell, into a single, unified brand by 2002. platforms. It can be easily recreated from the source files using most distributions and does not require any special or proprietary development tools. Designers can start with our sample image on a proven hardware platform and modify it to fit their specific needs or simply add their application software to the existing system." WinSystems' embedded GNU/Linux systems include a web server, Telnet access, FTP FTP in full file transfer protocol Internet protocol that allows a computer to send files to or receive files from another computer. Like many Internet resources, FTP works by means of a client-server architecture; the user runs client software to connect to , and serial terminal support. Our development kits include board specific drivers, documentation, cables and a quick start guide. Also a tutorial, located on the CD, includes a brief overview and a step-by-step procedure to recreate the sample operating system. Blue Collar Linux development kits are configured and packaged for each specific SBC. They include the two distribution CDs, system DRAM, a CompactFlash card, cables, power supply, and null modem. Delivery is from stock to three weeks. The datasheet is located at http://developer.winsystems.com/products/development/linux20.html. |
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