Linux for Embedded and Real-time Applications

Provides hands-on experience of embedded Linux, including graphical programming with QT plus new and updated content on projects like BusyBox and u-boot

Doug Abbott (Author)

9780128112779, Elsevier Science

Paperback, published 15 November 2017

304 pages
23.4 x 19 x 2 cm, 0.68 kg

Linux for Embedded and Real-Time Applications, Fourth Edition, provides a practical introduction to the basics, covering the latest developments in this rapidly evolving technology. Ideal for those new to the use of Linux in an embedded environment, the book takes a hands-on approach that covers key concepts of building applications in a cross-development environment. Hands-on exercises focus on the popular open source BeagleBone Black board. New content includes graphical programming with QT as well as expanded and updated material on projects such as Eclipse, BusyBox – configuring and building, the U-Boot bootloader – what it is, how it works, configuring and building, and new coverage of the Root file system and the latest updates on the Linux kernel..

1. The Embedded and Real-time Space2. Installing Linux3. Introducing Linux4. The Host Development Environment5. Eclipse6. The HardwarePart 2: Application Programming in a Cross-Development Environment7. Accessing Hardware from User Space8. Debugging Embedded Software9. Posix Threads10. Embedded Networking11. Graphics Programming with QTPart 3: Components and Tools12. Integrated Build Environments13. Configuring and Building the Kernel14. BusyBox and Linux Initialization15. U-Boot Boot Loader and Getting Ready to Ship16. Source Code Control—GIT17. Real-time Linux

Subject Areas: Circuits & components [TJFC], Electronics engineering [TJF]