Mentor Embedded Linux

Open source, customizable with support

Build next-generation Linux-based products using advanced, development tools and comprehensive customization, backed by top-quality support and maintenance.

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Mentor Embedded Linux combines the freedom of open source software, the flexibility of extreme customizability and the security of full commercial support in a powerful, easy-to-use package. Paired with Sourcery CodeBench, it gives developers the power to create their own rich, unique product platform.

Benefits

Mentor Embedded Linux is based on the powerful and adaptable bitbake build tool and recipes from the Yocto Project™. Together, they help you prepare, from source, the Linux-based platform your project requirements demand.

  • Customize your product without losing support
  • Broad choice of board support packages (BSPs)
  • Open source-based and community-backed
  • High-quality tools and integration
  • Reduces your cost and risk

Features

Mentor Embedded Linux gives you all the components needed to create your next great product, with a unique blend of hardware and software platform enabling you to:

  • Customize drivers
  • Use the right kernel version for your design
  • Size-optimize filesystems
  • Use performance optimized libraries
  • Add deep instrumentation and analyze with the optional Sourcery System Analyzer

Comprehensive support

You'll never have to worry about the typical cost of customization: Lack of support. We not only help you build the custom product, we also support it:

  • Expert support helping you to build the application
  • Long-term support so that you can continue developing after the open source community moves on
  • Sustaining engineering to ensure that the products you build can be supported in later years

Available components

Sourcery CodeBench

Sourcery CodeBench is a complete development environment for embedded C/C++ development on ARM, Coldfire, MIPS, Power, X86, and other architectures. Install, flash and debug in minutes!

Inflexion UI for Linux

Mentor Embedded™ Inflexion™ UI enables users to implement compelling and visually rich user interfaces (UIs) with significantly reduced effort; allowing users to meet the UI demands of today’s embedded Linux devices.

Sourcery System Analyzer

Sourcery System Analyzer is designed for projects that struggle to make sense of large sets of event log, telemetry, and performance data. System Analyzer gives developers a big picture view of their software execution and unique tools to zoom in on problem areas.

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Free download

Free download:
Mentor Embedded Linux Lite

For Broadcom processors

For Freescale processors

For LSI Processors

This is not trial or "timed-out" software, you are free to use it as long as you wish

Architecture Support

Mentor Embedded Linux supports leading embedded architectures, including:

  • ARM
  • MIPS
  • Power
  • IA32

Linux Professional Services

Mentor Embedded Professional Services provides expert, on-site consulting engagements to help device developers set-up and configure development environments to build Linux-based devices.

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