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News Release from: QuickLogic | Subject: QV-PXA-MiniPCI and QV-PXA-IDE
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 06 July 2005
Development boards gain embedded Linux
support
Embedded Linux support, optimised for QuickLogic's Wi-Fi and HDD peripheral control solutions for Intel PXA2xx processors, has been developed by QuickLogic and Viosoft.
Embedded Linux support, optimised for QuickLogic's Wi-Fi and HDD peripheral control solutions for Intel PXA2xx processors, has been developed by QuickLogic and Viosoft Software and driver development is becoming a key element in embedded system development
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 8 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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QuickLogic's hardware development platform and Viosoft's Arriba debugger provide the combination needed to rapidly develop Linux-based mobile applications.
Viosoft's Arriba Embedded Linux Edition for the QuickLogic Mobile Applications Platform comes preconfigured for Intel's PXA270 Mainstone DVK development system, and supports QuickLogic's Mobile Applications Board (MAB) running under embedded Linux.
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Among the features of Arriba Embedded Linux are: a source level debugger of kernel device driver (including init_module code), threads and processes from a single connection; debugging of device drivers without pre-empting the PXA270 servicing of external interrupts; a graphical debugger user interface hosted on Linux and/or Windows platforms; the ability to import, configure and integrate various components of the Linux kernel with their applications code from a single desktop environment; a Gnu cross-compiler and utilities targeted for the Intel PXA270 embedded processor; and an embedded Linux kernel and file system image for the Mainstone evaluation board.
"The challenge with developing applications and drivers for today's embedded systems is the ability to debug multimedia applications at full system speeds", said Hieu Tran, CEO and Chairman of Viosoft.
"The integration of the Arriba Embedded Linux debugger with QuickLogic's Wi-Fi and HDD solution packs completes the Linux package that customers are looking for in a development environment".
"Arriba Embedded Linux provides our customers a rich and intuitive development environment to develop, debug and deploy mobile applications based on QuickLogic's Wi-Fi and HDD solution packs", said Owen Bateman, Sales Director of QuickLogic Europe.
"Now customers can effectively bring products to market more quickly for the portable and handheld markets".
The Arriba Embedded Linux Edition is available now for $4999 from Viosoft.
The Wi-Fi and HDD solutions packs, QV-PXA-MiniPCI and QV-PXA-IDE, are available for $999 from QuickLogic.
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