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ARM Tiny Linux Emulated in QEMU

Posted on May 11, 2013 by minghuasweblog

Free Electrons has an excellent example of a tiny ARM Linux demo that runs in QEMU. The footprint, including everything, is about 2.1 M. The full text below is for your convenience, be sure to visit the original site. From this … Continue reading →

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NetBeans Setup and GNU Cross-Toolchain Configuration for ARM Developmen

Posted on September 27, 2012 by minghuasweblog

My previous post showed how to setup for ARM cross development in Eclipse. Similarly NetBeans can easily setup to host ARM development too. Here is how you can do it on a Windows machine.

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FreeRTOS on Emulated ARM in QEMU

Posted on September 27, 2012 by minghuasweblog

See this FreeRTOS on ARM in QEMU blog .

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Emulated ARM in QEMU

Posted on September 27, 2012 by minghuasweblog

In QEMU, a few interesting ARM boards are emulated. Sections in the QEMU user manual lists the most popular processors and systems.

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NetBeans Performance and Firefox Build and Development

Posted on September 27, 2012 by minghuasweblog

NetBeans is a nicer and simpler tool among a few similar IDEs. Below it is a list of reference readings on NetBeans Forums and its issue tracker. The interesting link in the issues is to use it to build firefox … Continue reading →

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Linux on ARM Cortex M3 Processor and in QEMU

Posted on September 19, 2012 by minghuasweblog

ARM has ported linux to the Cortex M3 microprocessor. See the linux link on arm site. Update 2012-9-26: How to run it in QEMU.

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Eclipse Setup and GNU Cross-Toolchain Configuration for ARM Development

Posted on September 18, 2012 by minghuasweblog

Eclipse is not easy to setup to use a new toolchain. The information from the Managed Build System Extensibility Document will sure point anyone to the right direction. However, most people prefer a pre-built solution.

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ARM Processors Are Making Mainstream

Posted on September 18, 2012 by minghuasweblog

Embedded systems have been the most important users of processors in terms of number of processors that have used. Considering a few factors, LPC1343 (Olimex LPC P1343) and LPC1769 (NXP OM13000) development boards are something any embedded developers may want … Continue reading →

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ARM Cortex M3 Example: A STM32 Project on Googlecode

Posted on September 18, 2012 by minghuasweblog

A lot of ARM Cortex M3 information here: The stm32vn project on googlecode.

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Linux Kernel Information Resources

Posted on September 18, 2012 by minghuasweblog

The Linux Device Driver book is a great resource. In addition to the LDD book, the training course documents at free-electrons.com has rich background details about Linux, Kernel, especially embedded applications. There all the course materials are open sourced. Quite … Continue reading →

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