Be a Mechanic...with Android and Linux!
"Check Engine Soon"—that little orange light on your car's instrument panel is possibly one of the more annoying things about modern automobiles. Ever had it pop on during a trip and wonder whether it...
View ArticleCreate a Mini PC or Server with Olimex's Olinuxino A13/A13Micro
Olimex is a Bulgarian company known for its innovative hobbyist products. It has a wide array of microcontroller-based products, ranging from the small Arduino clones to the very able system that has...
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Please send information about releases of Linux-related products to newproducts@linuxjournal.com or New Products c/o Linux Journal, PO Box 980985, Houston, TX 77098. Submissions are edited for length...
View ArticleWanted: Your Embedded Linux Projects
Our "Embedded Linux" issue of Linux Journal is just around the corner, and we want YOUR project to be in it! Whether you're embedding a Beagle Bone Black into a dish so you can automatically feed your...
View ArticleOctober 2014 Issue of Linux Journal: Embedded
Linux Inside! Linux Inside! Linux inside, Linux inside, every single one of us has Linux inside! more>>
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Please send information about releases of Linux-related products to newproducts@linuxjournal.com or New Products c/o Linux Journal, PO Box 980985, Houston, TX 77098. Submissions are edited for length...
View ArticleRaspi-Sump
In June 2013, we had the unfortunate luck of a basement flood, caused by a tripped electrical breaker connected to our sump pump. There are so many things that can go wrong with a sump pump. You...
View ArticleNew Products
Please send information about releases of Linux-related products to newproducts@linuxjournal.com or New Products c/o Linux Journal, PO Box 980985, Houston, TX 77098. Submissions are edited for length...
View ArticleAttack of the Drones
With the price and size of computer hardware steadily decreasing, it's becoming more viable to use embedded Linux systems to control small robots and drones. There are plenty of projects for Raspberry...
View ArticleEmbed Linux in Monitoring and Control Systems
The target vehicle for this project is a vintage intercity transport bus (think Greyhound) whose instrument panel was sparse and mostly nonfunctional. The speedometer cable was twisted off some place...
View ArticleNew Products
Please send information about releases of Linux-related products to newproducts@linuxjournal.com or New Products c/o Linux Journal, PO Box 980985, Houston, TX 77098. Submissions are edited for length...
View ArticleTibbo Technology's Tibbo Project System
The motto for the Tibbo Project System (TBS) is "Take what you need. more>>
View ArticleEpiq Solutions' Sidekiq M.2
Following on its resounding success with its Sidekiq MiniPCIe card, wireless communications systems specialist Epiq Solutions recently added the Sidekiq M.2 state-of-the-art, small form-factor,...
View ArticleCanonical Ltd.'s Ubuntu Core
Canonical Ltd.'s "Snappy" Ubuntu Core, a stripped-down version of Ubuntu designed for autonomous machines, devices and other internet-connected digital things, has gained significant traction in the...
View ArticleGordon H. Williams' Making Things Smart (Maker Media, Inc.)
Pretty much anything in the O'Reilly spin-off Make: series is like catnip to us Linux cats, and the new book Making Things Smart is no exception. The book is subtitled Easy Embedded ARM Programming...
View ArticleThe Weather Outside Is Frightful (Or Is It?)
Blistery cold weather is sinking in, which ought to ignite an instinctual desire to get your house in order and monitor it so the water pipes don't freeze and burst. So, let's take a timely look at a...
View ArticleMender
The new production release of Mender 1.0, an open-source tool for updating embedded devices safely and reliably, is now available. more>>
View ArticleopenHAB
Partners Canonical, openHAB Foundation and Azul Systems have collaborated hard to drive development of the new openHAB 2.0 smart-home platform as a snap package. An alternative to Apple Homekit and...
View ArticleAdding IoT Flare to a Hot Springs and Spa Business
As the folks at Bozeman Hot Springs usher their hot springs and spa into the 21st century with new technology and pools, they are thinking about new ways to delight their customers and stay top of...
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