Embedded Linux®: Hardware, Software, and Interfacing

Table of contents

1. Copyright
2. Foreword
3. About the Author
4. Acknowledgments
5. Introduction
6. Getting Started
   1. Introducing Embedded Linux
      1. Why Linux, Why Now?
      2. What Is an Embedded System?
      3. What Does Real-Time Mean?
      4. Implications of Open Source
      5. Summary
      6. Additional Reading
   2. System Architecture
      1. Introducing Project Trailblazer
      2. The Silverjack Resort Layout
      3. Project Trailblazer Requirements
      4. The Project Trailblazer System Architecture
      5. Summary
   3. Selecting a Platform and Installing Tool Sets
      1. Sources of Information
      2. The Project Trailblazer Strategic Direction
      3. Building tbdev1, the Embedded Linux Development Workstation
      4. Summary
      5. Additional Reading
   4. Booting Linux
      1. The Target PBRs
      2. The Linux Boot Process
      3. The Linux root Filesystem
      4. Creating the root Filesystem
      5. Installing the TFTP Server
      6. Installing minicom
      7. Booting the Embedded Planet RPX-CLLF
      8. Booting the Brightstar Engineering MediaEngine
      9. Booting the Tri-M MZ104 and the COTS PC with a Flash IDE Drive
      10. Boot Comparison
      11. Summary
      12. Additional Reading
   5. Debugging
      1. Introducing gdb
      2. Local Debugging
      3. Remote Debugging
      4. Network-Mounting the root Filesystem
      5. Summary
      6. Additional Reading
7. Interfacing
   1. Asynchronous Serial Communication Interfacing
      1. The Project Trailblazer Asynchronous Serial Hardware Development Environment
      2. Linux Serial Communications
      3. Summary
      4. Additional Reading
   2. Parallel Port Interfacing
      1. Control Using the Parallel Port
      2. Standard Parallel Port Control with Port I/O
      3. Standard Parallel Port Control Using ppdev
      4. Developing a Custom Device Driver
      5. Standard Parallel Port Control Using the Custom Device Driver liftmon_snowcon
      6. Summary
      7. Additional Reading
   3. USB Interfacing
      1. Learning About USB
      2. Project Trailblazer USB Hardware
      3. Summary
      4. Additional Reading
   4. Memory I/O Interfacing
      1. The Hardware Design Process
      2. Developing Lift Monitoring and Snow-Making Control for the MediaEngine
      3. Developing Lift Monitoring and Snow-Making Control for the RPX-CLLF
      4. Summary
      5. Additional Reading
   5. Synchronous Serial Communication Interfacing
      1. Temperature Sensing and Display
      2. SPI Communication and the LM70
      3. I2C Communication with the Philips Semiconductor SAA1064
      4. Summary
      5. Additional Reading
   6. Using Interrupts For Timing
      1. Linux Timing Sources
      2. Measuring Interrupt Latency
      3. Implementing the Race Timer
      4. Summary
      5. Additional Reading
   7. System Integration
      1. Integration Overview
      2. Installing the System Integration Applications
      3. Creating and Testing the Project Trailblazer Database
      4. Developing the Target and CGI Integration Scripts
      5. Summary
      6. Additional Reading
   8. Final Thoughts
      1. GUI Development
      2. Real-time Capabilities
      3. The Embedded Linux Vendor Offerings
      4. Project Trailblazer Hardware
      5. Summary
      6. Additional Reading
8. Index