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Nokia completes sale of Qt software to Digia
Digia, the Helsinki-based software firm, has completed the acquisition of the Qt software technologies and Qt business from Nokia. Digia becomes responsible for all the Qt activities formerly carried...
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Google open source code-in contest for school students
Google has announced its Code-in contest will begin this November, introducing pre-university students to the world of open source development. From late November to mid January, students will be able...
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Arduino Uno open-source prototyping board comes to market
A starter kit for the Arduino Uno open-source prototyping board which can be used by professional embedded system engineers and students is available from RS Components, writes Richard Wilson. The kit...
View ArticleOpen source is still a software licence – Digia Qt
Digia recently acquired the full Qt business from Nokia, Juhapekka Niemi, director, Digia, Qt, talks to Electronics Weekly about how the mobile software business will develop and grow in a market where...
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Via’s ARMTiGO A800 supports Linux
Via Technologies has announced a 12×12.5x3cm ARM Cortex-A8-based machine, writes Steve Bush. ARMTiGO A800 is “the world’s smallest ARM system for embedded applications, including hotel automation,...
View ArticleLinux for electronic medical systems
Using Linux in medical devices is becoming common-practice, but there are important factors which developers and manufacturers need to consider, writes Ken Herold, senior systems engineer at Wind River...
View ArticleLinus Torvalds Interview: Linux’s future, Open Source and Raspberry Pi
This year’s Millennium Technology Prize, the “Nobel” of the technology world, has for the first time been shared between the two nominees. Stem-cell researcher Shinya Yamanaka and Linus Torvalds,...
View ArticleLeonardo Arduino board shows at Rapid
Educational charity Raspberry Pi Foundation has released a version of Linux optimised for the £25 computer’s ARM11 processor, writes Steve Bush. Called Raspbian, “this is the result of an enormous...
View ArticleBeagleBone gets I/O ‘capes’
Fans of the BeagleBone single board computer, little brother to BeagleBoard, now have access to 20 plug-in boards to add a camera, LCDs, weather sensors, and other I/O, writes Steve Bush. Called...
View ArticleXilinx gets Linux specialist PetaLogix
Xilinx has announced the acquisition of embedded Linux specialist PetaLogix, writes Richard Wilson. The FPGA supplier has previously worked with PetaLogix for providing a Linux distribution for its...
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