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I wanted to draw your attention to a lot of good coverage of embedded topics in the last two issues of Java Magazine:
Current Issue (November/December):
- Theme: Internet of Things – Java is Everywhere. Interview with Henrik Stahl, VP Product Management, Oracle
- JCP Awards for JSR 360 (CLDC 8) as “Most Significant JSR” and JSR 360 Spec Lead Michael Lagally as “Outstanding Spec Lead”
- JCP Executive Series: Freescale’s Maulin Patel and The Java Advantage for IoT
- Robots Make Factories Smarter
- Code Java on the Raspberry Pi
- A Smart-Home Platform for the Mass Market
- The Device I/O API
Previous Issue (September/October):
- Duke’s Choice Award for Perrone Robotics and their driverless cars and PiDome Home Automation and Internet of Things platform
- The Maker Movement Evolves
- Winners of the IoT Developer Challenge
- Introducing Roboburgh
- JCP Executive Series: ARM’s Zach Shelby and The Rise of the Machines
- Fun and Games with Greenfoot and Kinect
- Getting Started with Home Automation
To view and subscribe, see here.
Cheers,
— Terrence
At JavaOne a few weeks ago, Oracle made available the Java ME 8.1 Developer Preview release for the Freescale FRDM-K64F (“Java ME 8.1 in 190 KB RAM”) and announced the upcoming full release of Java ME Embedded 8.1 (press release).
On Monday this week, we followed up as promised and posted the General Availability (GA) releases of Oracle Java ME 8.1 and the Oracle ME SDK 8.1.
Oracle Java ME Embedded 8.1 and ME SDK 8.1 New Features and Enhancements
- Support for ARM Cortex-M3/-M4 micro-controllers
- Updated Raspberry Pi support
- Updated Developer Preview on FRDM-K64 with mbed
- Improved support for two additional Qualcomm Gobi device families
- New communication, security, and networking features
- New support for Eclipse IDE, including major update of the Eclipse MTJ plugin
- Developer improvements: Tooling over USB, heap analysis, faster communication
- A number of smaller enhancements and fixes
Java 8: Truly Scalable
With this release, Java ME 8 now fully lives up to its design promise of delivering a feature-rich Java 8 platform that scales from powerful embedded systems all the way down to resource-constrained singe-chip micro-controllers with as little as 128 KB of RAM.
Developers can now rely on a consistent, standards-based programming model and platform that allows true code reuse from large to small solutions … in most cases the same, unmodified application binary will run across the entire range of target devices – irrespective of the underlying hardware and software differences. This means faster time-to-market, improved security and flexibility, and the ability to deliver more product value, faster.
No other embedded software technology can do that today.
Call to Action
- See here for a high-level summary/announcement of Oracle Java ME Embedded 8.1 and Java ME 8 in general
- For more information on FRDM-K64F support, a sample project, and additional background, see my previous post
- For more info, check out the short slide deck “Introduction to Oracle Java ME Embedded 8.1 Developer Preview”
- To get started, download the Java ME Embedded 8.1 binaries and the Java ME SDK 8.1
- Be sure to refer to the comprehensive Java ME 8.1 documentation pages, including Release Notes, Getting Started Guides, and Developer’s Guide
- Read the post on The Java ME Blog, including sample code
- See the The Java Tutorials Blog to learn more about the documentation and the new Java ME Optimization Techniques chapter
- Head over to the OTN Java ME Embedded Forum for questions and discussions
Java ME 8: Making the programmable, scalable, and secure Internet of Things a reality!
Cheers,
— Terrence
Over the years, Oracle has been making big investments in Java for ARM-based devices.
This week, Oracle and ARM announced further expanding their collaboration on a number of fronts, from additional hardware platforms, porting layers, and optimized communication protocols, to 64-bit ARMv8 support, and IoT architectures.
Henrik Stahl, VP of Product Management in the Java Platform Group at Oracle, just posted an excellent summary: “ARM TechCon 2013: Oracle, ARM expand collaboration on servers, Internet of Things”. Highly recommended reading.
Cheers,
— Terrence
The thread of Java Embedded and Internet of Things was woven into all aspects of JavaOne this year and very prominent at OpenWorld as well. The 3rd IT Revolution is happening fast, and there is no doubt Oracle and Partners are throwing their muscle behind it.
Watch the keynotes to recap:
- Java Strategy Keynote, with Peter Utzschneider (Oracle VP Java Product Management) and Nandini Ramani (Oracle VP Java Client Development) (write-up)
- Java Technical Keynote, with Mark Reinhold (Oracle Java Chief Architect) and others (write-up)
- JavaOne Community Keynote, with Henrik Ståhl (Oracle VP Java Product Management) and James Gosling (write-up)
- JavaOne Freescale Keynote, with Geoff Lees (Freescale SVP and GM for Microcontrollers) (write-up)
- JavaOne IBM Keynote (highlights), with John Duimovich (IBM Java CTO and DE) (write-up)
- OpenWorld Keynote on “The Internet of Things”, with Edward Screven (Oracle Chief Corporate Architect) and Chris Baker (Oracle SVP Sales) (write-up)
Get the official Oracle Press Releases:
- Oracle Outlines Java Platform Advancements and Highlights Java Momentum in JavaOne 2013 Strategy Keynote
- Oracle Updates Roadmap for Next Generation Java ME Platform
Additional blogs and write-ups:
- JavaOne Afterglow, by Simon Ritter
- JavaOne 2013 Vicarously, by Dustin Marx (excellent summary and collection of links)
Cheers,
— Terrence
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