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News Feb 6, 2012 Emcraft Systems Adds Support for Kinetis K70 with Linux Cortex-M Release 1.4.0 Emcraft Systems adds support for the Cortex-M4 based Freescale Kinetis K70 microcontroller with Release 1.4.0 of its Linux Cortex-M technology. For more information, read Newsletter.
Jan 17, 2012 Emcraft Systems Adds Support for RS-485; Allows Running Kernel from Built-In Flash with Linux Cortex-M Release 1.3.1 Emcraft Systems makes Release 1.3.1 of its Linux Cortex-M technology. This release adds support for RS-485 in the serial device driver; allows running critical kernel code from built-in Flash of Cortex-M3; supports the USB Host interface of LPC17XX; ports the process-to-kernel and process-to-process protection to STMF32F2 and LPC17XX and makes some other enhancements to the product. For more information, read Newsletter.
Jan 11, 2012 Emcraft Systems Ships Free Evaluation Kits to Participants of the Linux Cortex-M3 Technology Webinar Together with Microsemi / Actel, Emcraft Systems has shipped 3 free Linux SmartFusion Evaluation Kits to the most active participants of the "uClinux on SmartFusion using ARM Cortex-M3" live webinar. The webinar took place on Nov 17, 2011. The recording of the webinar is available here.
Dec 21, 2011 Emcraft Systems Will Be Adding Support for the Freescale Kinetis K70 MCU In cooperation with Freescale, Emcraft Systems is developing Linux support for the Cortex-M4 based Kinetis K70 microcontoller. The Freescale Kinetis K70 will be a first Cortex-M4 based MCU supported by Emcraft Systems within its Linux Cortex-M product line. For futher information, please refer to this page . Dec 12, 2011 Emcraft Systems Adds Support for STM32F and LPC1788 with Linux Cortex-M Release 1.3.0 Emcraft Systems adds Linux support for the Cortex-M3 based STmicroelectronics STM32F2 and NXP LPC1788 microcontroller devices with Release 1.3.0 of its Linux Cortex-M technology. For more information, read Newsletter.
Nov 18, 2011 Emcraft Systems Presented its Linux Cortex-M3 Technology at a Live Webinar Together with Actel, Emcraft Systems presented its Linux Cortex-M3 running on Microsemi's Cortex-M3 based SmartFusion cSoC at a live webinar. The recording of the webinar is available here.
Nov 08, 2011 Emcraft Systems To Present Linux Cortex-M3 on SmartFusion cSoC Emcraft Systems will present its Linux Cortex-M3 running on Microsemi's SmartFusion cSoC at a live webinar on Nov 17, 2011. To attend the webinar, please register at: or at the Actel web site:
Oct 28, 2011 Emcraft Systems Presents Its Linux Cortex-M3 Technology at ARM Tech Con. Emcraft Systems presented its Linux Cortex-M3 solution on SmartFusion Cortex-M3 seminar at the ARM Technical Conference on Thursday October 27. Emcraft presented details on their Linux Cortex-M3 uClinux / U-boot ports and development environment, as well as several demonstrations of Linux at work on Microsemi's SmartFusion microcontroller.
Oct 28, 2011 Emcraft Systems Publishes Several Linux SmartFusion Videos. Emcraft Systems has made available from its web site several videos demonstrating how Linux running on the Microsemi SmartFusion microcontroller can be used in various applications. These videos include:
Please watch these videos from the Technology page.
Sep 30, 2011 Release 1.2.1 of A2F-Linux adds support for run-time upgrades of the SmartFusion FPGA fabric from a file stored in a Linux filesystem. Also included in this release are:
For more information, read Newsletter.
Aug 26, 2011 Emcraft Systems adds support for Hoermann-IMG's SmartFusion embedded board and shows how to implement a low-cost GUI solution with Release 1.2.0 of A2F-Linux. Starting with Release 1.2.0, A2F-Linux provides support for Hoermann-IMG's SmartFusion embedded board. Also included in this release are:
For more information, read Newsletter.
Aug 25, 2011 An "Implementing a Low-Cost GUI Solution with SmartFusion Using an SPI-Connected Nokia 6100 LCD" application note has been published by Emcraft. An application note titled "Implementing a Low-Cost GUI Solution with SmartFusion Using an SPI-Connected Nokia 6100 LCD" is available from Emcraft's web site (in Resources). This document is an application note explaining how to implement a low-cost graphical user interface solution with Linux running on the Microsemi SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGA device using an SPI-connected LCD monitor.
Jun 23, 2011 Emcraft Systems adds support for Actel's SmartFusion development board with Release 1.1.0 of A2F-Linux. Starting with Release 1.1.0, A2F-Linux provides support for Actel's SmartFusion development board (the A2F500-DEV-KIT board). For more information, read Newsletter.
May 31, 2011 A "Using NOR Flash for Persistent Storage in A2F-Linux" application note has been published by Emcraft. An application note titled "Using NOR Flash for Persistent Storage in A2F-Linux" is available from Emcraft's web site (in Resources). This document is an application note to use the external NOR Flash as persistent storage in A2F-Linux. A2F-Linux provides standard Flash management capabilities found in today's Linux. These include: MTD-based access to Flash devices and partitions as well as journalled file systems such as JFFS2 specifically designed for Flash memory. Using these capabilities, a wide range of application-level configurations involving persistent storage can be easily implemented with A2F-Linux on SmartFusion. Some of these configurations, including multiple device personalities, maintenance mode of operation, and reliable software upgrades, are discussed in this document.
May 26, 2011 Emcraft Systems makes available Release 1.0.2 of its A2F-Linux product. Release 1.0.2 makes available several new features and capabilities. For more information, read Newsletter.
Apr 13, 2011 Emcraft Systems makes available Release 1.0.1 of its A2F-Linux product. Release 1.0.1 makes available several new features and capabilities. For more information, read Newsletter.
Mar 31, 2011 A "Device Driver for eNVM of SmartFusion" application note has been published by Emcraft. An application note titled "Device Driver for eNVM of SmartFusion" is available from Emcraft's web site (in Resources). This document is an application note explaining how to use the device driver for the integrated eNVM of SmartFusion.
Mar 1, 2011 Microsemi announces availability of uClinux for SmartFusion. Microsemi Corporation has announced availability of uClinux support for the SmartFusion mixed-signal FPGA from Emcraft Systems. Press release is available from Microsemi's web site.
Feb 28, 2011 A "Using Cortex-M3 MPU for Process Protection in A2F-Linux" application note has been published by Emcraft. An application note titled "Using Cortex-M3 MPU for Process Protection in A2F-Linux" is available from Emcraft's web site (in Resources). This document is an application note explaining how to use the Memory Protection Unit (MPU) of the Cortex-M3 processor core to provide process protection in A2F-Linux.
Feb 11, 2011 Emcraft Systems debuts its A2F-Linux Evaluation Kit with Release 1.0.0. Emcraft Systems releases its A2F-Linux Evaluation Kit, which provides a low-cost platform for evaluation and development of Linux (uClinux) on the Cortex-M3 CPU core of the Microsemi SmartFusion™ FPGA. The Kit includes an evaluation board, port of the open-source U-boot firmware and uClinux kernel to SmartFusion, a Linux-based cross-development framework, as well as other complementary components. The Kit is available for immediate purchase from Emcraft's Web site.
Jan 19, 2011 The "Linux on SmartFusion: Product Designer's Choices" white paper has been published by Emcraft. A white paper titled "Linux on SmartFusion: Product Designer's Choices" is available from Emcraft's web site (in Resources). This document is a "feasibility study" for running Linux (uClinux) on Actel's SmartFusion™ FPGA. It discusses various topics that need to be considered by a product architect when making a decision whether or not to use Linux in an embedded application built using SmartFusion.
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