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Linux as a teaching aid for embedded systems

McLoughlin, Ian and Aendenroomer, Anton (2007) Linux as a teaching aid for embedded systems. In: 2007 International Conference on Parallel and Distributed Systems. IEEE. ISBN 978-1-4244-1889-3. (doi:10.1109/ICPADS.2007.4447797) (The full text of this publication is not currently available from this repository. You may be able to access a copy if URLs are provided) (KAR id:48838)

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Abstract

Linux, an operating system kernel with a heritage derived from the room-sized mainframes of the 1970s, has seen a trememdous amount of multidisciplinary and worldwide development which has resulted in its ability to operate on some of the smallest and lowest power microprocessors available today. With its ongoing penetration into mass market embedded systems such as smart phones, automotive and aeronautical equipment, multimedia entertainment devices and personal digital assistants, versions of Linux are now the operating system of choice for many embedded developers. However Linux tends to be overlooked in the more traditional embedded electronics education. This paper explores the characteristics of embedded Linux that affect the education of embedded systems, and describes a tested educational model for its teaching within a general embedded systems education course.

Item Type: Book section
DOI/Identification number: 10.1109/ICPADS.2007.4447797
Additional information: Unmapped bibliographic data: Y1 - 2007/// [EPrints field already has value set]
Uncontrolled keywords: linux; education; embedded system; operating systems; kernel; microprocessors; smart phones; automotive engineering; multimedia systems; personal digital assistants
Subjects: T Technology
Divisions: Divisions > Division of Computing, Engineering and Mathematical Sciences > School of Computing
Depositing User: Ian McLoughlin
Date Deposited: 04 Sep 2015 14:38 UTC
Last Modified: 16 Nov 2021 10:19 UTC
Resource URI: https://kar.kent.ac.uk/id/eprint/48838 (The current URI for this page, for reference purposes)

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