RTLinux is a Modified extension to the Linux kernel such that the Kernel acts as a Real time operating system. The small size and the wide variety of platforms supported by Linux makes RTLinux an ideal candidate for embedded applications.RTLinux finds applications in Aerospace, Automobile and Consumer electronics industries.
Here are some useful links to RTLinux related sites
RTLinux application development tutorial.
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This site is a must read for anyone who is starting out on embedded and control systems and wants to learn more before diving in Tutorial – Controlling The Real World With Computers: “Controlling The Real World With Computers”
MIT’s open courseware has free course material like lecture notes reference material and links online for anyone who is interested in self paced learning. There is a new course called Cognitive Robotics this is for any one who has wondered how beagle or any other robot worked. It gives you ideas on how robots can be programmed to map their environment etc.
NOTE: Upon completion of this course you will not get a certificate from MIT not does this count towards course credits. It is is provided AS-IS for knowledge’s sake.
The game boy advance learning tool is a great way of learning how to program for the ARM platform. It might seem daunting at first but with the help of the documentation and some tutorials you will be all set to start programming for the GBA.
Heres a great way learn assembly on the X86 platform (WARNING: this is not for the faint of heart). These articles teach you how to flash a BIOS, Backup the BIOS and write a new ROM file into the chip.
A PhD student from Shanghai JiaoTong University (SJTU) Research Institute has developed an RTLinux-powered robot that plays football ,The robot has two color cameras for seeing and a laser range finder (LRF) for goalkeeper location. Communication is through wireless LAN which allows communication among the robots on the team. The robot’s embedded operating system is Red Hat Linux enhanced with the RTLinuxPro real-time extension.
Here is a very good project idea based on ARM7TDMI, develop a ARM emulator/simulator the project is very challenging as it requires in-depth knowledge of programming both for the PC platform as well as for the ARM platform.
Now that the idea of Free software is gaining acceptance,here is an exciting concept called open source hardware design. www.opencores.org is an online collaboration of like-minded people who are developing free hardware designs emulating functions of most popular hardware architectures any student doing VLSI or other technologies might find some useful information here.
The PJRC website has a schematic of a useful 8051 board that can be used to perform simple experiments with the mc51 family of microcontrollers.the schematic can be found here and the source code for the monitor can be found here.
While browsing the internet for interview related questions I came across this forum where they have a huge collection of technical questions that may be asked in interviews. What’s more they have a free download of 700 questions. You can download them here.
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