Welcome to the Embedded Java community

Whether you are a seasoned Embedded Java developer, an Embedded Systems programmer that is interested in learning how to program in Java or leverage it, or even an Enterprise Java developer that is involved in a sensor-to-boardroom project, this site contains resources that you should be able to use.

The purpose of the Embedded Java site is to provide a central meeting place where Embedded Java developers, vendors and users can work together to help grow this remarkable technology and it also serves as a place to accumulate java.net-based Embedded and Industrial Java projects. This community page also has a companion Project page which contains open source Embedded Java projects, email lists, discussion forums and document sharing folders. The Project site can be found at:

http://embeddedjava.dev.java.net

/k/ RELEASES VERSION 1.2 of MIKA
/k/ Embedded Java Solutions has announced version 1.2 of its Mika implementation of the Java platform for embedded devices. Based on the open-source Wonka project (www.wonka-vm.org), Mika offers still lower resource consumption and is available for more CPU architectures (MIPS, PowerPC as well as ARM and X86) and for processors with no MMU. Binaries of Mika 1.2 will be available on www.k-embedded-java.com as they emerge from the test process, starting with the various ARM architectures. For further details contact k-info@kiffer.be

VIA's New JAVA Cryptography Service Provider (VIA JCP) Implementation
With the release of the VIA JAVA Cryptography Service Provider (VIA JCP), JAVA applications can now take full advantage of the cryptographic hardware integrated into all recent x86 VIA microprocessors known as the VIA PadLock Security Engine. This initial release of the VIA JCP exposes the full functionality of the VIA PadLock Security Engine feature set that includes hardware random number generators (RNG) and an AES encryption engine. Moreover, because of the design of JAVA`s cryptography architecture, the benefits of the hardware based security integrated into VIA processors are available to any piece of JAVA software, whether or not it was developed with the VIA hardware in mind.

Sun is finally moving into the embedded systems space with JBOX.
In partnership with VIA Technologies and Sun Microsystems, iGoLogic is pleased to make the "JBOX" product available to embedded Java developers everywhere in July 2005. iGoLogic - Java SE Embedded Board Developer's Kit. iGoLogic has assembled a Java J2SE Development Kit that includes a fully functional x86-based system with an enclosure, power supply, and Java SE 5.0 and Solaris 10 or JDS3 pre-loaded on the system with full RTU licensing.

Sun Starts to Move J2SE into the Embedded Space
In an embedded environment, the benefits of J2SE include those of standard Java, but also the fact that programs written and running on another platform can be directly moved to the embedded environment. This means simplification of your test and development environments and also the opportunity to reuse code written for other purposes without costly porting, redesign, or translation into other programming languages.

Be sure to visit the Embedded Java Incubator
Since the Embedded Java Community is so new, most of our projects with be starting out in the Incubator. We are currently developing the guidelines for moving projects from the Incubator and to the main project area. We'll publish those guidelines on the project page when we're finished. For now, visit the Incubator and see what's new!