The nature of embedded systems is being changed with the advent of graphical, intelligent human-machine interfaces and the Internet of Things. Every imaginable system, from coffee makers and washing ...

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In an attempt to capitalize on the huge opportunity in the embedded systems market, and the dominance of the Java programming platform, Oracle has unwrapped a new set of offerings facilitating the ...

Java runtime maker Azul Systems today launched a new version of its build of the OpenJDK aimed at embedded systems, mobile, and the Internet of Things (IoT) developers. Zulu Embedded is an open-source ...

If you listen to Oracle, Java is what you should use to develop applications for embedded systems, particularly those involving M2M (machine-to-machine) communications. Embedded systems comprise an ...

You probably hold with the conventional view that the Java language cannot be used for embedded programming. According to this view, implementations of the Java language are (1) too slow, (2) too big, ...

Developers writing embedded Java applications have a stack of frameworks and other tools to choose from. Here are the best Java frameworks used for embedded development today. Java’s creators had a ...

This article discusses how to use GCJ, part of the GCC compiler suite, in an embedded Linux project. Like all tools, GCJ has benefits, namely the ability to code in a high-level language like Java, ...

It might seem odd for Alfresco to be announcing that it has open sourced its JLAN technology - given that the company already releases 100% of its code under the GPL (with a FLOSS Exception) - but ...

Key to a software approach is flexibility. A variety of alternatives are available for different processors, operating systems (OSs), and development environments. Java applications can be easily ...