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Embedded OS Resources



WindRiver VxWorks/Tornado resources

  • Tornado 2.0 Online Manuals [1]
  • Tornado online manuals [2]
  • VxWorks discussion group [3]
  • Unofficial VxWorks & Tornado FAQ [4]


Embedded Linux

The "Embedded Linux" family is quite large and provides extended functionality for real-time performance and embedded-platform support. Companies like Windriver or Mentor Graphics, traditional players in the embedded arena, acquired "embedded Linux" startups.

Real-Time Linux



Linux for embedded platforms

  • The ucLinux embedded Linux for the MC68328 "DragonBall" Microcontroller - being used in the NOAA Nort Pole Project [11]
  • The ucLinux directory [12]
  • uClibc - a small footprint C library for embedded Linux
  • Buildroot - a cross toolchain for uClibc
  • The ARM Linux Project [13] sponsored by Simtec and documents
  • Electronic 'Guide to ARMLinux for Developers' - the book online
  • Montavista Embedded Linux resources [14] and their Real-Time Linux
  • ZDNet Embedded Linux Portal [15]
  • A developer's review of the leading Embedded Linux toolkits [16]
  • A developer's review of MontaVista's Hard Hat Linux SDK [17]
  • PowerPC Linux [18]
  • OpenWrt Linux distribution for embedded devices
  • Linksys GPL original Linux Distribution for the Linksys WRT54G wireless router.
  • The DD-WRT port of OpenWRT for a variety of wireless SOHO-grade AP [19]
  • HyperWRT Tybor - GPL firmware for the Linksys WRT54G/WRT54GL/WRT54GS/WRTSL54GS series
  • The WI-FI Box GPL firmware forWRT54G(S) [20]
  • LinuxLink by Timesys for Intel, PowerPC, ARM and MIPS
  • Embedded Linux applications: An overview [21]
  • Hardware Recycling Initiative (HRI) - porting Linux/uClinux into residential router hardware [22]
  • Linux/MIPS - Linux for the MIPS architecture [23]
  • The SIM.ONE ARM-based development platform appliance - resources
  • Linux for PowerPC Embedded Systems HOWTO [24]
  • BusyBox: The Swiss Army Knife of Embedded Linux [25]
  • The Linksys Optware package for NSLU2-Linux - NAS software for Linksys NSLU2 (a.k.a. the "Slug"), a small low cost network storage device from Linksys
  • The DD-WRT Optware HowTo for WRT54GS
  • OpenEmbedded - a full-featured cross-platform Linux development environment that can generate (cross-compile) software packages for embedded targets
  • Taxonomy of WRT54G(S) Hardware and Custom Firmware - a [Marwan Al-Zarouni report] by Marwan Al-Zarouni
  • Karim Yaghmour's Building Embedded Linux Systems eBook and companion resources


Other RTOS for embedded platforms

  • How to choose an RTOS [26]
  • Real-Time Operating System for Multiprocessor Systems (RTEMS) [27] [28]
  • MaRTE OS - Minimal Real-Time Operating System for Embedded Applications [29]
  • Helium - minimalistic real-time kernel for the S08 Freescale CPU [30]
  • QNX and OpenQNX RTOS
  • Nucleus RTOS [31]
  • pSOS System [32]