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CRU: Trusted Computing, OsmoCon, and Bob Pease Books

The Trusted Computing Group, in partnership with Embedded Computing Design and OpenSystemsMedia, has launched a new website which aims to provide developers with the tools and resources to integrate trusted platforms for embedded and Internet of Things (IoT) projects. The site, which is configured as a searchable blog, provides information… Read More

Trusted Computing Group Launches IoT Developer Resource Site

CRU: HiFive Expansion, Computer Vision, Osmocom, and More

AB Open and its hardware division Ground Electronics have launch a campaign for Circumference, a family of custom-designed desktop cluster computing units based around the popular Raspberry Pi and UDOO x86 single-board computer families. Available to pre-order now on crowdfunding site Crowd Supply, the Circumference C25 boasts support for… Read More

Osmocom Cellular Network Infrastructure Benefits from Many Updates

New Osmocom Cellular Network Infrastructure (CNI) releases bring over 70 noteworthy updates to the free and open source field proven mobile stack. As noted in a post back in March the Osmocom CNI stack has come a long way since the OpenBSC “network-in-the-box” which originally grew out of a… Read More

Wireshark Gets Support for Osmocom Generic Subscriber Update Protocol

Popular free and open source network analysis tool gains support for lightweight GSUP protocol used between Osmocom HLR, and MSC and SGSN, cellular network components. With its first release back in 1998 when it was still named Ethereal, the Wireshark packet analyser is now over 20 years old and… Read More

OSHCamp 2018 Schedule Finalised and Registration Opened Up

The Open Source Hardware User Group (OSHUG) has announced the schedule for OSHCamp 2018, to take place in Lincoln’s The Blue Room on the 30th of June and 1st July. Announced via a call for participation back in January, the Open Source Hardware Camp (OSHCamp) 2018 is to take… Read More

CRU: Neural Networks, Open Baseband, RISC-V, and More

It’s been a strong fortnight for machine intelligence fans, starting with Arm’s Robert Elliot and Mark O’Conner publishing a white paper on the company’s Arm NN machine learning platform and its optimisations for use on low-power embedded devices. “We expect machine learning to become a natural part of programming environments,… Read More

SeL4 Microkernel v9.0.1 Ported to RISC-V

The open-source seL4 microkernel, the first general-purpose kernel to have been proven to-spec using formal verification methods, has been ported to the open RISC-V instruction set architecture – though its creators warn it’s in a very early, limited form. Originally developed by Australia’s National Information and Communications Technology (ICT) Research… Read More

OsmocomBB Open-GSM Mobile Baseband Fernvale Port in Progress

The team behind postmarketOS has written of initial progress in porting OsmocomBB, an open GSM mobile baseband, to more modern and readily-available hardware – paving the way to a fully open GSM stack running on a mobile handset. “There is already a free software implementation of a GSM baseband called… Read More

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CRU: Open Cellular, RISC-V Progress, Mbed LoRaWAN, and More

AB Open’s Andrew Back has published a look back at how the world of open source cellular networking has changed over the last six years, including the growth of the Osmocom project. “As exquisitely arcane as it may seem to the uninitiated, cellular infrastructure is very much within the… Read More

Debian Linux Receives Official 64-bit RISC-V Port

The Debian Linux distribution now has an official 64-bit RISC-V bootstrap in its ports infrastructure, allowing packages to be easily downloaded for use on the growing number of RISC-V devices on the market. “We’ve been working in the last few weeks to do a (second) bootstrap of Debian for RISC-V,… Read More

Linux Kernel 4.16 Released with Arm, RISC-V Fixes

Linus Torvalds, creator and maintainer of the Linux kernel, has officially released Linux 4.16 – and, despite the announcement taking place on April Fool’s Day, it’s no joke. “So the take from final week of the 4.16 release looks a lot like rc7 [release candidate 7], in that about half… Read More