Announcement: April 7th Meeting

[Alan Dayley]

PLUG Devel Meeting on Embedding Linux

What: PLUG Developer Meeting
When: Monday, April 7, 2003 @ 7:00 PM
Where: Adtron Corporation, 3710 E. University Drive, Suite 5, Phoenix, AZ=
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85034
(Enter at Suite 4.  Full directions on PLUG web site at=20
http://plug.phoenix.az.us/modules.php?op=3Dmodload&name=3DFAQ&file=3Dinde=
x&myfaq=3Dyes&id_cat=3D1&categories=3DGeneral+Plug+Questions&parent_id=3D=
0#3.=20
under Development Group Meeting.)

Rob Wehrli will be presenting uClinux on Hitachi H8S.  uClinux brings the=
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power of Linux to the embedded world.  Your next toaster might be running=
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Linux!  He will use the open source project to port uClinux to the Hitach=
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H8S-2674R processor as a dicussion platform on the porting and debugging=20
process.

The "u" in uClinux is really the greek letter "mu" which stands for "micr=
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and the "C" indicates "controller."  So, uClinux is "micro-controller Lin=
ux." =20
uClinux is a Linux port designed for operation on smaller processors in=20
embedded envronments where resourses such as memory and storage space are=
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much more restrictive than a desktop PC.

If you are an embedded systems developer or are curious about embedding L=
inux,=20
this is a presentation you will not want to miss.  The rest of you PHP,=20
Python, XML, etc. guys are also welcome to come and see what "real"=20
programmers do.  ;^)

Pizza and soft drinks will be provided by Arizona Cooperative Power for o=
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consumption!  Several door prizes, including programming books (even ones=
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about PHP) are on the block so don't forget to sign in and grab a ticket =
on=20
the way to the pizza.

About the speaker:

Rob Wehrli is the Director of Engineering at Arizona Cooperative Power in=
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Glendale, Arizona. Rob has many years of experience with Linux, and write=
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numerous technical articles for various industry publications, and has=20
designed a number of exciting platforms including several Windows CE and=20
embedded Linux portables before taking on the "uClinux" port to the Hitac=
hi=20
H8S-2148 and H8S-2674R embedded micro-controllers.  He is scheduled to=20
deliver a presentation on a similar topic at the Embedded Systems Confere=
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in San Francisco later in April.=20
(http://cmp.iconvention.com/sf/v33/conference/session.cvn?eid=3D131)

His company provides consulting services for embedded (Linux, WinCE), des=
ktop=20
and client-server (Windows/UNIX) applications, system integration and=20
hardware and software design services for customers of many types.

He is actively seeking developers and contributors for the H8S-uClinux Po=
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project.  Rob has several development boards to give away to developers w=
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are interested in actively contributing to the project.  For pre-reading=20
information on the project, please see:

http://www.azpower.com/H8-uClinux/
http://h8-uclinux.sourceforge.net/
http://sourceforge.net/projects/h8-uclinux/