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Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook

You're reading from Embedded Linux Development Using Yocto Project Cookbook Practical recipes to help you leverage the power of Yocto to build exciting Linux-based systems

Product type Paperback

Published in Jan 2018

Publisher

ISBN-13 9781788399210

Length 456 pages

Edition 2nd Edition

Languages

C

Tools

Linux

Concepts

Embedded Systems

Author (1):

Alex Gonzalez

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Table of Contents (7) Chapters

Preface

1. The Build System FREE CHAPTER

2. The BSP Layer

3. The Software Layer

4. Application Development

5. Debugging, Tracing, and Profiling

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Adding a web browser application

A web browser may not seem like the typical package to run on an embedded device; however, the i.MX6 is a high-end application processor and its powerful graphical and video capabilities make it fully capable of running one. In this recipe, we will explore the different web browser options available.

Getting ready

The web browser choice will depend on the specific task the browser will be used for and what the hardware acceleration needs are. The following browsers are currently available:

Epiphany (known as Gnome Web in recent versions)
Firefox
Chromium, and Qt WebEngine for Qt5 integration

How to do it...

The Epiphany web browser is included with Poky. Epiphany started as a fork of the Mozilla Suite intended to make a lean, fast browser. Epiphany started off as Galeon and it needed a second fork to become the current Epiphany project. It moved away from Mozilla's Gecko layout engine in favor of using Webkit, a layout engine with origins in the KDE project. It...

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Authors (1)

Alex Gonzalez

Alex Gonzalez

Alex González is a software engineering supervisor at Digi International and product owner of the Digi Embedded Yocto distribution. He started working professionally with embedded systems in 1999 and the Linux kernel in 2004, designing products for voice and video over IP networks, and followed his interests into machine-to-machine (M2M) technologies and the Internet of Things. Born and raised in Bilbao, Spain, Alex has an electronic engineering degree from the University of the Basque Country and he received his MSc in communication systems from the University of Portsmouth.

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