Embedded Press

Thursday, May 4, 2017 Having found its way into everyone’s pockets on board of a shiny new smartphone,  Android has become the world’s most popular operating system . Constantly evolving to meet the demands of a global community of users, the OS is shaping the future of User Interfaces, influencing user habits and behavior. With Android now available for embedded devices, the industry can also tap into this global community: a short introduction into why Android is worth considering for your next embedded product was included in Antmicro’s  previous guest post for Toradex . Today we follow up with an announcement of Antmicro’s brand-new Android 7.1 demo image for Toradex  Apalis TK1  and the accompanying TK1 baseboard, bringing a familiar, cutting-edge UI experience to a small form-factor, high-performance Tegra ™  K1 solution, easy to embed in your product. At Embedded World, as every year, Toradex and Antmicro partnered up to present a demonstrator of t...

Tuesday, December 27, 2016 While now hard to remember, there was a time when the term “embedded Linux” was viewed with suspicion. The outcrop of small, low-power, Linux-based devices - and readily available open source software - has since transformed the industry; nowadays it’s not “why would you run Linux here” but rather - “why wouldn’t you”? With embedded systems boosting more performance and graphics capabilities than ever before, and with GUI-enabled touchscreen devices taking hold in a wide range of applications, from small control panels to huge infotainment screens, Android - once viewed as a purely consumer OS - is becoming an interesting alternative. In this post, Antmicro, Toradex’s long-time partner and provider of software & product development services for mutual customers, as well as the maintainer of Android images for Toradex modules, explains the differences and commonalities between those two operating systems. Over the years, we have developed numer...