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Blog posts tagged
"Embedded"


Edoardo Barbieri
29 August 2022

Meet Canonical at Hannover Messe USA 2022

Internet of Things Article

Hannover Messe USA is almost here! With a 114,000+ net sq. ft exhibition area, 500+ companies, 129400+ registrants and 100+ countries represented, Hannover Messe USA is the largest gathering of industrial manufacturing in North America. Join Canonical, the company behind Ubuntu, at Hannover Messe USA to discuss open source innovation in i ...


Canonical
22 August 2022

Canonical enables Ubuntu on Allwinner’s Nezha RISC-V boards

Canonical announcements Article

After our previous announcement on the availability of Ubuntu running on RISC-V processors and hardware, we are proud to announce the Ubuntu release for additional RISC-V hardware – Allwinner’s Nezha board. RISC-V, a new paradigm for open source hardware In the last decade, open source and open standards have reshaped our world. Such tech ...


Holly Hall
18 August 2022

Top 5 IoT challenges and how to solve them

Internet of Things Article

There are a number of challenges to surmount for enterprises in the IoT sector, including having a short time to market, airtight security, a versatile update mechanism for hardware and software and mastering device management. The more planning and practical steps that are taken to address key considerations, the faster an IoT project ca ...


Canonical
17 August 2022

Canonical enables Ubuntu on StarFive’s VisionFive RISC-V boards

Internet of Things Article

In 2021, we announced the first availability of Ubuntu running on RISC-V processors and hardware. However, the endeavor didn’t stop. Now we are proud to announce the Ubuntu release for another piece of RISC-V hardware: StarFive’s VisionFive board. RISC-V, a new paradigm for open source hardware In the last decade, open source and open sta ...


Edoardo Barbieri
29 July 2022

The State of IoT – June & July 2022

Internet of Things Article

Welcome to the June & July combined edition of the monthly State of IoT series. Let’s dive straight into the most prominent news across the IoT landscape from the last two months. Canonical releases Ubuntu Core 22 for embedded Ubuntu Core is an app-centric embedded operating system based on Ubuntu. Developers can focus on building ...


Canonical
15 June 2022

Canonical Ubuntu Core 22 is now available – optimised for IoT and embedded devices

Canonical announcements Article

The ultra-secure embedded Ubuntu introduces support for real-time compute in robotics and industrial applications. 15 June 2022: Canonical today announced that Ubuntu Core 22, the fully containerised Ubuntu 22.04 LTS variant optimised for IoT and edge devices, is now generally available for download from ubuntu.com/download/iot. Combined ...


Edoardo Barbieri
8 June 2022

An intro to real-time Linux with Ubuntu

Internet of Things Article

A real-time system responds to events within a specified deadline. If the timing constraints of the system are unmet, failure has occurred. In the kernel context, real-time denotes a deterministic response to an external event, aiming to minimize the response time guarantee. Real-time Beta now available in Ubuntu 22.04 LTS  Last April, Ca ...


Edoardo Barbieri
6 June 2022

The State of IoT – May 2022

Internet of Things Article

Welcome to the May edition of the monthly State of IoT series.  May was a month full of exciting news, from open-source GPU modules and alternatives to the Jetson to a new Matter-ready hub for smart home appliances. Before diving straight in, let’s cover noteworthy news not included in the recap below. A few tech ...


Edoardo Barbieri
30 May 2022

Embedded Linux development on Ubuntu – Part III

Internet of Things Article

Welcome to the concluding chapter of this journey on embedded Linux development with Ubuntu. We covered a lot of ground, so let us quickly recap what we learned so far. In Part I we introduced Snaps, software packages designed for the world of IoT. Snap packages isolate and encapsulate an entire application, increasing the security ...


Canonical
30 May 2022

Embedded World 2022: Sessions with Canonical

AI Article

Embedded World 2022 is almost here! From 21-23 June 2022, the 20th edition of the embedded world Conference will bring together experts from all areas of research for embedded systems, IoT & Edge devices. It’s a very special event: We’ll be celebrating the launch of Ubuntu Core 22. Ubuntu Core is an optimised version of ...


Edoardo Barbieri
27 May 2022

Embedded Linux development on Ubuntu – Part II

Internet of Things Article

Welcome to Part II of this three-part mini-series on embedded Linux development on Ubuntu. In Part I, we set the stage for the remainder of the series and gave an overview of snaps, the packaging format at the heart of embedded devices running Ubuntu. Snaps are a secure, confined, dependency-free, cross-platform Linux packaging format. So ...


Edoardo Barbieri
26 May 2022

Embedded Linux development on Ubuntu – Part I

Internet of Things Article

Welcome to this three-part mini-series on embedded Linux development on Ubuntu. Throughout this series, we will discuss the key challenges of traditional software distribution mechanisms for embedded Linux devices. We will understand why legacy development and update approaches do not suit the Internet-of-Things (IoT) world and assess how ...