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Embedded Linux Systems training course

Develop Embedded Linux Applications Using C Language - Ensure Robust Design And Real Time Behaviour

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"Our tailored course provided a well rounded introduction and also covered some intermediate level topics that we needed to know. Clive gave us some best practice ideas and tips to take away. Fast paced but the instructor never lost any of the delegates"

Brian Leek, Data Analyst, May 2022

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Course Overview

The performance and stability of a system ultimate depends on how well you use the resources of the underlying operating system. This course focuses on the interface between applications and the Linux kernel and the POSIX specification in particular. Attendees will learn about multi-threaded programming, memory management, signals and interprocess communication, including IPC using local sockets.


It is intended for engineers working on embedded Linux devices, and hence there is an emphasis throughout on robust design, efficient use of resources and real-time behaviour. All lab exercises are cross-compiled and tested on a typical embedded development board. Attendees will learn how to set up the Eclipse IDE for cross development, remote debugging and remote target management.

Materials

Printed copies of the presentations and lab notes plus electronic copies of the cross development tools, sample code and worked solutions for the labs.

Hands-on labs

An essential part of the training are the lab sessions, which take approximately 50% of the time.
We normally work in pairs using a modern development board such as the Beagleboard. Each group will also need a laptop or desktop to run the system development tools. We will provide a bootable USB memory stick with an appropriate version of Linux and cross tool-chain so there is no need to install Linux beforehand

Developing for embedded Linux


• The tool-chain: choosing, installing and testing
• The Linux kernel: customising and cross-compiling
• The bootloader and root file system: the final steps to having a working target board
• Embedded development using Eclipse for cross-compiling and remote debug
• Application program interfaces: the POSIX standard
• Open source licenses: GPL/LGPL, BSD, etc

Files and devices

• Files and file-related API: waiting for several things to happen with select() and poll()
• Devices: everything is a file. Interfacing with a simple device driver. Using the ioctl()
function to access device-specific operations
• Interacting with the kernel through /proc and /sys: an example using gpiolib


• Files and file-related API: waiting for several things to happen with select() and poll()
• Devices: everything is a file. Interfacing with a simple device driver. Using the ioctl()
function to access device-specific operations
• Interacting with the kernel through /proc and /sys: an example using gpiolib

Processes

• Process life cycle: fork(), exit() and exec()
• Scheduling: real-time and non-real-time policies; setting priority and niceness

Memory

• Virtual memory and its consequences
• Allocating from the heap and stack
• Mapping memory using mmap

Signals

• Standard and real-time signals
• Writing robust signal handlers
• Signal masks and how to handle signals synchronously

Inter-process communication

• Pipes
• Shared memory
• Semaphores
• Message queues
• Sockets: internet and UNIX (local). Stream and datagram connections

POSIX Threads

• Thread life cycle: pthread_create(), pthread_exit(), pthread_join()
• Scheduling threads: real-time and non-real-time
• The thread stack and how to set the stack size

Thread synchronisation

• Synchronisation using mutexes; priority inversion and priority inheritance
• Condition variables: producer and consumer threads
• Thread cancellation and clean-up operators
• Signals and threads

Time and timers

• Timer accuracy: high-resolution timers, POSIX clocks and timers
• Measuring time
• Periodic tasks

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Software engineers and system architects

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"Our tailored course provided a well rounded introduction and also covered some intermediate level topics that we needed to know. Clive gave us some best practice ideas and tips to take away. Fast paced but the instructor never lost any of the delegates"

Brian Leek, Data Analyst, May 2022



“JBI  did a great job of customizing their syllabus to suit our business  needs and also bringing our team up to speed on the current best practices. Our teams varied widely in terms of experience and  the Instructor handled this particularly well - very impressive”

Brian F, Team Lead, RBS, Data Analysis Course, 20 April 2022

 

 

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This Embedded Linux course focuses on the interface between applications and the Linux kernel and the POSIX specification in particular. The performance and stability of a system ultimate depends on how well you use the resources of the underlying operating system. Attendees will learn about multi-threaded programming, memory management, signals and interprocess communication, including IPC using local sockets.

It is intended for engineers working on embedded Linux devices, and hence there is an emphasis throughout on robust design, efficient use of resources and real-time behaviour. All lab exercises are cross-compiled and tested on a typical embedded development board. Attendees will learn how to set up the Eclipse IDE for cross development, remote debugging and remote target management.

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