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DENX Training Courses
Jun 19 2013 DENX Software Engineering provides on-the-job training courses for engineers who need to ramp up quickly on how to develop software for Embedded Linux systems. An overview about available courses can be found here.| Date | Course | Registration Deadline |
|---|---|---|
| week 29, 2013 = Jul 15 - Jul 19 | Embedded GNU/Linux System Architecture | One seat left |
Embedded World 2013 in Nuremberg
Mon Feb 04 2013 Please meet DENX Software Engineering and DENX Computer Systems at
26 Feb - 28 Feb 2012, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 1, Booth 552
ELDK version 5.3 released
Fri Dec 14, 2012 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.3. This release is based on Yocto v1.3 ("danny-8.0"). ELDK v5.3 introduces recent tools (like GCC 4.7.2, Binutils 2.22) and software (like U-Boot v2012.10, Linux v3.6.10 and Qt v4.8.3).Highlights of this release are the fact that ELDK is now again relocatable, so it can be installed into arbitrary directories, and the added support for a pure hard-float based configuration for ARMv7a systems ("-mfloat-abi=hard -mfpu=neon") for optimal system performance.
ELDK v5.3 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository (
"eldk-rel-v5.3"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.3" = commit id c2836a8 ).
ELDK version 5.2.1 released
Wed Jun 20 2012 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.2.1. This release is based on Yocto v1.2 ("denzil-7.0"). Compared to ELDK v5.2, which introduced recent tools (like GCC 4.6.4, Binutils 2.22) and software (like U-Boot v2012.04.01 and Linux v3.3.3), this new version introduces Qt v4.8.2 and fixes a number of bugs. ELDK v5.2.1 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our git repository ("eldk-rel-v5.2"
branch, git tag "eldk-5.2.1" = commit id 33c5d31 ).
Future Electronics and DENX Electronic Seminar
May 08, 2012 In cooperation with Future Electronics, we present an electronics seminar discussing the aspects of Realtime Computing in the GNU/Linux environment at three different locations:| Date | Location  |
|---|---|
| July 19, 2012 | Stuttgart |
| July 17, 2012 | Munich |
| June 14, 2012 | Frankfurt |
Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg post-show
Wed Mar 07 2012 Many thanks again for the very positive reception of our booth at this years trade fair. As always it has been a pleasure talking to you! Slides for the "Linux FastBoot - Reducing Embedded Linux Boot Times" presentation are now available in the Presentations section of our website.ELDK version 5.1.1 released
Sat Jan 07 2012 DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce the public release of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK) version 5.1.1. This is an update to v5.1 which adds support for the new target architecturesarmv4t, powerpc-4xx and
powerpc-4xx-softfloat.
ELDK v5.1.1 is available for download from our FTP server; the source code and build scripts can be found in our
git repository ("eldk-rel-v5.1" branch).
Embedded World 2012 in Nuremberg
Tue Dec 13 2011 Please meet DENX Software Engineering and DENX Computer Systems at the
28 Feb - 01 Mar 2012, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 1, Booth 552
Linux v3.0 released - Repository rename
With the recent release of Linux Kernel Version 3.0 the previously used repository names like "linux-2.6-denx" don't make much sense any longer. We therefore decided to rename our git repositories, and drop the "-2.6" part from their names, so for example the new name of our Linux kernel repository is now http://git.denx.de/?p=linux-denx.git To avoid breaking any existing scripts or links, we created symlinks from the old names pointing to their new locations, but please try and update your references / links / scripts when you get a chance.Xenomai User Meeting 2011
Tue Apr 26 2011 DENX Software Engineering hereby invites you to attend the Xenomai User Meeting 2011 (XUM-2011) which will take place under the umbrella of the 13th Real Time Linux Workshop 2011 (RTLWS13) at the Czech Technical University in Prague. Please see especially the Call for Papers - we highly appreciate all Xenomai related presentations. The Xenomai User Meeting brings together users (including potential ones) and members of the core development team of the Xenomai Real-Time Framework for Linux. The presentations and networking opportunities combined with the chance to meet well-known Xenomai experts face to face make for an excellent chance to learn about the latest use cases, development projects, problems and solutions and of course about future trends. For details and registration please see our website. We are looking forward to welcoming your participation in the Xenomai User Meeting 2011.Xenomai Real-Time Support for i.MX51
Wed Apr 07 2010 DENX Software Engineering proudly presents Xenomai based RTOS emulation and real-time support for the popular Freescale ARM Cortex™ A-8 based i.MX51 family. Respective patches can be found on the Xenomai Projects page. This code will be integrated into the official Xenomai distribution soon. 
i.MX51EVK: evaluation board for i.MX51
Wed Nov 04 2009
The MCIMX51EVK featuring the new i.MX51 Cortex A8 CPU by Freescale Semiconductor is optionally available with an extension add-on board and a LCD add-on board. More information is available on the product page
LIZARD high performance and small footprint
Mon Nov 02 2009
LIZARD, based on the new application processor AM3505/AM3517 of Texas Instruments, offers highest flexibility thanks to the complete interfaces set and the compact form factor. Designed for use in the industrial market LIZARD offers futhermore an extended operating temperature range from -40 to +85°C and a huge set of interfaces. More information is available on our product page
MTCA conference in Munich
Fri Oct 23 2009
Visit DENX Computer Systems at the MTCA conference in Munich !! Originally conceived for telecoms, MicroTCA® technology is beginning to be utilized by a wider range of applications especially in the market segments industrial, medical, transportation. Therefore this year's MicroTCA® Conference will take place on November 3rd, 2009, in the NH-Hotel, Munich Dornach. More information on the MTCACON is available under http://www.mtcacon.com/
Xenomai User Meeting 2009 follow-up
Fri Oct 02 2009 On September 28, 2009, the Xenomai core development team met with their users at the first "Xenomai User Meeting" (XUM-2009). Abstracts and PDF copies of the presentations are available here. The list of users and use cases presented at XUM-2009 gives also some reference for what can be done with Xenomai, and which sort of companies are relying on this technology.Xenomai User Meeting 2009
Tue Aug 04 2009 DENX Software Engineering, founding member of the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL), hereby invites you to attend the Xenomai User Meeting 2009 (XUM-2009) which takes place under the umbrella of the Eleventh Real Time Linux Workshop 2009 (RTLWS11) in Dresden, Germany, and is organzied by DENX Software Engineering in close collaboration with the OSADL who is also organizing the RTLWS11. XUM-2009 will be held outside and in addition to the RTLWS11's scientific program. The Xenomai User Meeting brings together users (including potential ones) and members of the core development team of the Xenomai Real-Time Framework for Linux. The presentations and networking opportunities combined with the chance to meet well-known Xenomai experts face to face make for an excellent chance to learn about the latest use cases, development projects, problems and solutions and of course about future trends. XUM-2009 is scheduled on Monday, September 28, 13:00 - 18:00 at Technische Universität Dresden, Faculty of Computer Science, Dresden, Germany. For details and registration please see our website. See also article Real-time technology gains user conference at LinuxDevices.com . We are looking forward to welcoming your participation in the Xenomai User Meeting 2009.Updated Hardware Web
Thu Jul 30 2009The latest update of the DENX Hardware Web includes certain useful product offerings like the Beagle Board, the i.MX35 Product Development Kit, the MPC8360E Rapid Development Kit or the P2020 Rapid Development Board. More details are available here.
Small Form Factor Boards Conference
Fri Jul 15 2009
Visit DENX Computer Systems at the Small Form Factors Board (SFFB) Conference on July 23 in Munich (NH Hotel Dornach).
Learn more about the latest trends with SFF Boards at the technical Conference on July 23 in Munich/Germany, which is organised by ICC Media in close co-operation with the Intel ECA (Embedded and Communications Alliance). More information on the SFFB is available under www.sffbcon.com
"TX25" SO-DIMM embedded module based on i.MX257
Fri Jun 19 2009
The TX25 is the knock-down price SO-DIMM ARM9 solution based on the brand new i.MX257 CPU by Freescale. TX modules are complete computers, implemented on a board smaller than a credit card, and ready to be designed into your embedded system. More information on TX25 is available on the product page.
The First Ten Years
Thu May 28 2009 On 1 July 2009, DENX Software Engineering celebrate their 10th anniversary. Founded a decade ago, DENX were one of the very first companies in Europe who focussed on using Free Software for Embedded and Real-Time Systems. At that time, putting Linux into a real system like a DVR or a mobile crane was a real adventure - sometimes it took more convincing on both engineering and management levels than actual software development efforts. Today Embedded Linux has become a matter of course. DENX are proud to have been part of that development right from the beginning - going where there was no path and helping to pave a trail. Looking back at 10 interesting and successful years, we see a sound base for continued growth and continued success, for interesting new projects - with even bigger challenges waiting for us in the decades to come. Thanks a lot to everybody who escorted DENX on that way - customers, partners, engineers and everybody who helped that DENX became what we are today. And of course thanks a lot to the Free Software community that made all this possible in the first place."ARIA" COM Express embedded solution based on MPC5121
Fri Feb 20 2009 ARIA, the first COM Express embedded solution based on the MPC5121 will be introduced by DENX Computer Systems on the [[http://www.embedded-world.de][Embedded World]] trade fair, Nuremberg, March 03-05 2009. To offer the maximum flexibility in each design, ARIA combines the MPC5121e with a powerful FPGA, which optionally offers flexible I/O-expansion as well as complete IP-cores for additonal customized interfaces. More information on ARIA is available in our product page?Xenomai Real-Time Support for MPC5121 (ADS5121) and i.MX31 (Qong)
Tue Feb 17 2009 DENX Software Engineering proudly presents Xenomai based RTOS emulation and real-time support for the popular Freescale MPC5121 Power Architecture® and i.MX31 ARM11 processors. All needed code has been integrated into the official Xenomai distribution and is available from the Xenomai Download Area. Benchmark results for example for the i.MX31 based QONG EVB-Lite board are available here.QONG EVB-Lite
Tue Dec 09 2008 DENX Computer Systems ships the new QONG EVB-Lite. Based on the i.MX31 CPU the board was developed as an extended version of the QONG processor module. The "heart" of the board consists by the QONG module itself; surrounded by a PCB extension that provides native connectors for most common I/O interfaces.More information on the QONG EVB-Lite is available in our product page
Embedded Linux Development Kit 4.2 for ARM11
Tue Nov 25 2008 DENX today announced a new release of its Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK Release 4.2) for ARM processors. This new versions targets especially for ARM11 and other systems with hardware floating point support, like the Freescale i.MX31 or Samsung S3C6400 processors. Another important new feature is support for the Embedded Application Binary Interface (EABI) standard. The DENX Embedded Linux Development Kit provides a complete and powerful software development environment for Embedded and Real-Time Systems:- Cross development tools (compiler, assembler, linker etc .) to develop software for the target system
- Native tools (shell, commands and libraries) that will run on the target system
- Firmware that can easily be ported to new boards and processors
- Linux kernel including all device drivers, board-support functions etc .
- Supports Xenomai  kernel extensions for systems with hard real-time requirements
- EABI support
- Software and Hardware Floating Point versions
- SELF (Simple Embedded Linux Framework) as a base to build run-time environments for your embedded systems
SPS/IPC/DRIVES in Nuremberg
Wed Oct 23 2008 Please meet DENX at the OSADL booth
25 - 27 November 2008, Nuremberg Trade Fair Centre, Hall 7A, Booth 610
electronica 2008 in Munich
Wed Aug 06 2008 Please meet DENX Computer Systems, DENX Software Engineering and AMCC at the
11 - 14 November 2008, New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Hall A6, Booth 469
DENX Computer Systems signs Distribution Agreement for AMCC's Evaluation and Reference Platforms
Mon Nov 3 2008 DENX Computer Systems and Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (Nasdaq: AMCC ) today announced the establishment of a strategic partnership whereby DENX will distribute AMCCs PowerPC evaluation kits and reference design kits in Europe. The announcement is being made prior to the electronica 2008 trade fair in Munich where AMCC and DENX are exhibiting at the same booth. More information is available in our Hardware Web?....Shipping now: ADS5121 Hardware Rev.4
Fri Aug 29 2008 DENX Computer Systems is happy to announce the ADS5121 evaluation board for the MPC5121 CPU in the new board revision 4 featuring the Rev.2 silicon. More information on the ADS5121 is available in our Hardware Web?.MPlus5121 a multimedia system built on Freescale's MPC5121e
Wed Aug 13 2008 The MPlus5121 by Silicon Turnkey Express features Freescale's ADS512101 "Hellrosa" mainboard in a small Mini-ITX case. The system includes a solid state drive, SVGA 8.4 inch LCD with touch screen in a metal Media5200 button-style bezel. A Pelican shipping case protects complete system. More information on the MPlus5121 is available in our Hardware Web?.Xenomai/SOLO - RTOS emulation for standard Linux
DENX Software Engineering is proud to announce Xenomai/SOLO, the new RTOS emulator that runs as a normal user-space application on a standard Linux kernel. Of course, when timing requirements have to be met, a real-time capable Linux kernel with the PREEMPT_RT support enabled should be used. Philippe Gerum, the author of the code, writes:Some weeks ago, I started laying the groundwork for porting the Xenomai emulators natively over the PREEMPT_RT kernel. Unlike the co-kernel based Xenomai version, SOLO does not require any kernel support from additional modules or patches. It is fully based on the standard POSIX library, and runs as a regular process controlled by a single image Linux kernel. As a first step, a VxWorks emulator has just been rebuilt over this new framework. This framework is not another window-dressing of the existing Xenomai 2.x core, but really something 100% redesigned and rewritten for running on a native real-time Linux implementation, while keeping the opportunity to adapt it back to a co-kernel system. At some point, I'd like to make both the native and co-kernel Xenomai incarnations converge on the basis of this new core interface for Xenomai 3, so that we would be able to share the APIs between them. In short, SOLO is a necessary intermediate step on the road to Xenomai 3.This work has been co-sponsored by the OSADL and DENX Software Engineering. For details, please see the README. You can pull the whole code from
git://www.denx.de/git/xenomai-solo.git resp.
http://www.denx.de/git/xenomai-solo.git or
browse it online.
Realtime Test Results and Getting Started with Xenomai
Mon Mar 17 2008 To demonstrate the realtime capabilities available with Xenomai on a typical Power Architecture® embedded platform we developed the gpioirqbench test setup measuring response times to external stimuli. The setup also works with RT preempt and "standard" Linux kernels allowing for easy comparison of the total system response times. Geared for an easy start with Xenomai an Application Note describing in a cookbook style how to compile and run Xenomai with our Linux tree has been made available in our application notes area also.Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley
Tue Mar 11 2008  | Please meet DENX at the Embedded Systems Conference Silicon Valley, McEnery Convention Center San Jose, California, Expo: April 15 - 17, Booth 2010 (with AMCC) |
Hannover Fair 2008
Tue Mar 11 2008  | Please meet DENX at the Application Park and International Congress at the Hannover Fair 2008, April 21 - 25, Hall 17, Booth D04 (with OSADL) |
Installing Fedora 8 on PASemi PA6T based "Electra" Board
Thu Jan 17 2008 An Application Note describes in detail how to install the free Fedora Linux distribution on systems based on PASemi's PWRficient™ 1682M processors like the "Electra" Evaluation Kit.And the color of the day is... HELLROSA
Tue Dec 11 2007 HELLROSA - the evaluation board for the Freescale MPC5121e Power Architecture ™ processor is now available from DENX Computer Systems GmbH - click here? for details.SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2007
Thu Nov 22 2007  | Please meet DENX at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2007, 27 - 29 November 2007, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Hall 7A, Booth 610 Low energy dissipation and high performance are buzzwords for automation technology. At the show we will present a new version of the Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK 4.2). In addition to latest software (U-Boot-1.3.0, Linux-2.6.23, GCC-4.2.2, glibc-2.6), this release adds support for high-performance, low power 64 Bit multi-core Power Architecture® systems like the PASemi PA6T. With the Xenomai RTOS emulation framework we provide a powerful hard realtime Linux environment for POSIX and proprietary systems. |
ELDK Mailing List Available
Tue Nov 13 2007 To provide better support for the growing number of users of the DENX Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK), we have set up a mailing list for it. You can browse the online archive and subscribe to the ELDK mailing list at this page.Qtopia Core Open Source Edition for MPC5200 / Coral-P
Fri Oct 12 2007 DENX Software Engineering provides support for Qtopia Core Open Source Edition version 4.3.1 on MPC5200 systems using the Fujitsu MB86290 "Coral-P" graphics processor. Documentation how to build the software can be found in the README.qtopia_mpc5200_coralp file on our FTP server. The required patch is also available there.Using iSCSI on AMCC PPC 440 processors
Thu Mar 15 2007 An Application Note describes in detail how to use AMCC's PPC44x PowerPC processors like the 440SPe (with the "Katmai" evaluation kit) and 440GX (with the "Taishan" evaluation kit) for SAN applications over iSCSI.ELDK 4.1 for Windows Released
Fri Feb 09 2007 DENX has released an ISO CD image which runs on Windows 2000/XP systems, providing Windows users a convenient way to test-drive the powerful free Embedded Linux Development Kit (ELDK). It uses the free Cooperative Linux kernel together with a minimal Fedora Core 5 GNU/Linux installation. In addition to the cross-toolchain, the ELDK also contains a directory tree which is immediately useable as an NFS root file system for the embedded target with lots of precompiled binaries. For more information please see the"README.txt" file on the CD
and visit our wiki.
Make sure to meet us at our booth 12-338 (Hall 12)
during the embedded world 2007 exhibition in Nuremberg
to receive a free copy on CDROM!
ELDK 4.1 Released
Mon Jan 29 2007 DENX has released a new version of the free Embedded Linux Development Kit, ELDK release 4.1. It is based on a 2.6.19.2 Linux kernel and Xenomai 2.3 Please see our Press Release ELDK 4.1Embedded World in Nuremberg
Mon Jan 22 2006 Please meet DENX at the
13 - 15 February 2007, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Hall 12, Booth 12-338
Installing Gentoo-2006.1 on AMCC PPC 440EPx "Sequoia" Board
Fri Jan 12 2007 An Application Note describes in detail how to install the free Gentoo-2006.1 Linux distribution on systems based on AMCC's PPC 440EPx PowerPC processors like the "Sequoia" Evaluation Kit.Installing Ubuntu 6.10 on AMCC PPC 440EPx "Sequoia" Board
Sun Jan 07 2007 An Application Note describes in detail how to install the free Ubuntu-6.10 GNU/Linux distribution on systems based on AMCC's PPC 440EPx PowerPC processors like the "Sequoia" Evaluation Kit.git repository for Xenomai's core Linux component available
Sat Jan 06 2007 DENX is honored to host the git repository for the resource virtualization core (i.e. Adeos/I-pipe) of Philippe Gerum's Xenomai project. Xenomai provides a real-time framework for Linux systems. Xenomai is the base for DENX' work in the Open Source Automation Development Lab (OSADL) to provide real-time capable, POSIX compatible Linux solutions especially for the automation industry.Support for AMCC's PPC440EPx processors and "Sequoia" eval board
Fri Jan 05 2007 The recently released 2.6.19 Linux kernel tree includes support for AMCC's PPC 440EPx PowerPC processors and the "Sequoia" Evaluation Kit.(Note: EHCI support is still in the works.)
Linux 2.6.19 available
Fri Jan 05 2007 Linux kernel version 2.6.19 is available immediately from our git repository and FTP server. It includes especially updated support for AMCC's family of PowerPC processors (PPC4xx). Ready-to-run binary images for the AMCC eval boards are available on our FTP server. Links:| DENX Linux 2.6 Kernel Source Code: | |
|---|---|
| git repository: Tag: DENX-v2.6.19 | http://www.denx.de/cgi-bin/gitweb.cgi?p=linux-2.6-denx.git |
| FTP Snapshot: | ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/linux/linux-2.6.19.tar.bz2 |
| Ready to run code for AMCC's Eval Kits: | |
| U-Boot images: | ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/u-boot/images/amcc/ |
| Linux images: | ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/linux/images/amcc/ |
| Documentation: | http://www.denx.de/wiki/DULG/BoardSelect |
DENX ELDK, U-Boot and Linux blast off in U.S. Air Force Tactical Satellite
Wed Dec 20 2006 On December 16, the US Air Force launched TacSat-2 (tactical satellite) which runs Free Software developed by DENX Software Engineering: the Embedded Linux Development Kit ELDK), the U-Boot boot loader and the DENX 2.4.25 Linux tree.
Illustration of TacSat-2 satellite
SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2006 in Nuremberg
Mon Nov 27 2006  | Please meet DENX at the SPS/IPC/DRIVES 2006 28 - 30 November 2006, Exhibition Centre Nuremberg, Hall 7A, Booth 640 (with OSADL) |
Server Woes
Thu Nov 07 2006 Due to hardware problems we had to move our services to a new server. Unfortunately all data was lost during the move, and to make our bad luck complete, our backups turned out to be corrupted as well. As a consequence the restoration of some services will be delayed quite a bit.- Git repositories are up to date and online again
- CVS repositories are up to date and online again, with the exception of the U-Boot repository. Please use git to access the current source code.
- FTP server is online but some data may still be missing
- Website is online (obviously, since you are visiting it) and should be completely restored
- Wiki is online, but not yet fully restored to the state before the crash
electronica 2006 in Munich
Sun May 14 2006 Please meet DENX at the
14 - 17 November 2006, New Munich Trade Fair Centre, Hall A6, Booth 712
RTDM CAN Driver
Mon Sep 04 2006 RT-Socket-CAN, an Open Source hard real-time protocol stack for CAN devices based on BSD sockets (Socket-CAN project), has been integrated into the Xenomai distribution recently. At ftp://ftp.denx.de/pub/xenomai/rtsocketcan/ you can find additional utilities, test programs and help for RT-Socket-CAN.Open Source Automation Development Labs founded
Thu May 23 2006 DENX is founder member of the Open Source Automation Development Lab ( OSADL ). 11 well-known companies formed a syndicate with the goal to create a standardized and certified software base for the automation industry. The idea is to associate users of embedded and real-time Linux systems with hardware and software manufacturers and thus to boost the taking root of Free Software in this area and to improve the inter-operability of hardware and software components from different vendors. Please see http://www.osadl.org/ for details. Sun May 14 2006 DENX now also supports*git* protocol for access to the git source code
repositories on our web server.
Please see http://www.denx.de/en/Software/GIT for details.