Embedded Linux Workshop

This training is targeted primarily at software professionals - tech leads, system programmers /
developers, maintainers and testers - who require the skill sets necessary to work with the Linux OS in an embedded resource-constrained environment.

Upon analysis, one realizes that there is a large group of skilled LINUX™ programmers who do
have substantial experience developing (or maintaining) applications for a typical UNIX™/
LINUX™ desktop/server environment, but not for an embedded environment. A good dose of
insight into the embedded world and particularly, how a general-purpose OS like LINUX™ fits in there, is really all that is required for such people to become productive quickly! This training
specifically addresses such people.

This training is not meant to be a general "Embedded Systems" course. Further, it does not focus on hardware-specific aspects. This course is a hands-on guide to getting LINUX™ (and it's rich and powerful set of associated utilities) to run on a target hardware, specifically, the setup of the embedded LINUX™ environment (including the GNU toolchain, the root filesystem, libraries, etc).

In brief: the training addresses advanced POSIX.1b realtime signalling information, complete
development environment setup by actually building a full GNU toolchain appropriate for the target architecture (we use ARM™ as a representative example), root filesystem content and setup, kernel module programming. An embedded device driver (temperature sensor) case study is carried out (using actual hardware). Throughout, professional / industry best practices are taught and encouraged.

A feature of this training is that the participant gets to develop and run an embedded application on an actual embedded computer (ARM9 SBC).

Prerequisites:
Mandatory :

• Application development experience on this platform.
• Participants should undergo the above Advanced Linux / Unix Application and System
  Programming (DG-L2) training or have the equivalent knowledge/skill sets.
• A good working knowledge of the 'C' programming language.
  

Preferable :

• Participants should undergo the above Linux Internals and Device Drivers (DG-L1) training or have the equivalent knowledge/skill sets. 
• Shell scripting skills.
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