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Energy Micro and Pengutronix will be demonstrating µClinux for Cortex-M3, embedded Linux running on the EFM32 Gecko range of microcontrollers at this year’s Embedded World Show. This new port of µClinux features the latest version 3.2 Linux kernel, and gives embedded designers both cost and time-to-market benefits, while maintaining low current consumption of just 1.6mA when in idle mode.
Energy Micro assisted and supported Pengutronix to complete the port to the Giant Gecko MCU range, a leading family of low-energy microcontrollers.
By using µClinux engineers can reduce design cycles and accelerate time-to-market because they can gain access to ready-made system functions such as IP connectivity, file systems, and multi-tasking. Users can employ a broad range of free software and drivers available as open source, within a robust and portable open source framework.
The Embedded Linux/Microcontroller project is a port of Linux designed for systems without a memory management unit (MMU). The OS is suitable for embedded use giving applications access to a rich set of free libraries and core OS services. Designers can choose which functionality to include in their systems, allowing them to trade sophistication with code footprint – often a critical factor in embedded designs.
