Linaro Blog
Category Archives: Hardware
A Case for Open-Source GPU Drivers
For some time after I signed on as the graphics working group tech lead at Linaro, upon meeting someone new, the first thing after “nice to meet you” was invariably, “When do we get free drivers?”. Ideologically, this seems like … Continue reading
Automated Validation with LAVA
LAVA is at the heart of the value Linaro brings: its aims are improving automated testing of the open source components that are used in the major Linux-based software platforms, and increasing confidence in the quality of enablement for our members’ … Continue reading
Using ARM low cost boards for displays
During the Linaro Connect Q3.11 event in Cambridge, UK, I was asked to put together a system to display the schedule/conference info and IRC discussions on screens throughout the venue. For the hardware portion of this project I bought thick … Continue reading
Connecting the Samsung Origen board to its LCD kit
Linaro Connect Q3.11, Cambridge, UK, August 2011 Linaro Connect is the place where the Linaro staff and the Linaro and Linux on ARM communities meet. In this context, I was lucky to meet Sangwook Lee, from the Samsung Landing Team … Continue reading
Video: thermal management – automatic cpu frequency control with hot coffee and cold water
Linaro Connect Q3.11, Cambridge, UK, August 2011 In this video, the Linaro Power Management Working Group (Steve Jahnke and Vincent Guittot) demonstrate their Linux framework to keep the temperature of an ARM cpu under control by automatically reducing cpu frequency. … Continue reading
New low-cost Cortex A8 board from Freescale
Freescale has taken the opportunity of the Embedded World exhibition in Nuremberg to announce its first low-cost board based on its i.MX53 ARM® CortexTM- A8 processor family, priced at 149 US dollars, and called the i.MX53 Quick Start board. Technical details … Continue reading
Snowball – New Cortex A9 community board from ST-Ericsson
Barcelona, Mobile World Congress, Feb. 15, 2011 At Linaro, we are pleased to relay the announcement by ST-Ericsson of the Snowball board, a new low cost, low power and high performance board for the embedded Linux community, based on their … Continue reading
Genesi donates 55 ARM netbooks to Linaro developers
At the Linaro Developer Summit a few weeks ago in Orlando, Genesi, a US company producing ARM computers, donated 55 Efika MX ARM netbooks to Linaro developers. This is almost a $20,000 market value (Genesi also donated ~10 smarttops, so … Continue reading