Developing an embedded system based on a real-time version of Linux

Abstract

The authors have developed a mechatronic tracking system controlled by a hard real-time embedded Linux based system. The control software is implemented on a standard PC/104-Plus embedded single board computer (CoreModule745 with Intel Atom processor). The paper is focused on various aspects of developing an embedded version of Linux software that are mostly not dependent on the application. The reader is expected to be an experienced Linux user.