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News Release from: Vmetro | Subject: Vortex and PowerMidas 5000
Edited by the Electronicstalk Editorial
Team on 11 July 2005
Recorder and SBC gain Linux support
Vmetro has added Linux support for the Vortex recorder family and the PowerMidas 5000 single board computer and I/O carrier.
Vmetro has added Linux support for the Vortex recorder family and the PowerMidas 5000 single board computer and I/O carrier The Vortex VME, CompactPCI and PC recorders and the PowerMidas 5000 (VME and CompactPCI) board support packages now support Linux in addition to VxWorks and Windows platforms
This article was originally published on Electronicstalk on 23 Jul 2008 at 8.00am (UK)
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This support enables integration of third-party PMC and PCI cards with Linux drivers, allowing access to a wider range of I/O modules.
For VME and CompactPCI based products, Vmetro supports embedded Linux distributions based on version 2.6 of the open-source Linux kernel for improved real-time performance.
The distributions are compatible with TimeStorm Linux Development Kits from TimeSys.
For the PC based products, most available distributions are supported.
"We expect the introduction of Linux to open up new application areas and make our application framework more accessible to customers who want to carry out their own software development on our platforms for high-performance embedded computing and recording", says Harald Schibbye, Product Manager at Vmetro. Request a free brochure from Vmetro ...
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