Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project

This course will teach you how to take advantage of the Yocto Project - the open source collaboration effort that provides templates, tools and methods to help you create and maintain custom Linux-based systems for embedded products regardless of the specific hardware architecture.

You’ll obtain a solid understanding of how to build a repeatable embedded target Linux target using the Yocto Project. In addition to learning the build system, you will learn about more advanced tools like toaster, devtool, wic, eSDK, and eclipse IDE integration.

You’ll learn:

• How to use the Poky and Bitbake build process, with its recipes and layers to customize Linux kernel and packages for a custom embedded application
• How to build Linux on an embedded board
• How to use emulators for verification
• How to create board support packages (BSP) for target hardware
• And more.

The information in this course will work with any major Linux distribution.

Audience: This course is primarily intended for experienced software engineers who are interested in learning the fundamentals of a build system for embedded Linux. 

Prequisites: You should be familiar with basic Linux utilities and text editors. Some experience with Python is helpful but not required.

Course Materials: As part of your registration, a printed copy of the course manual will be provided. You will also receive an embedded board for the hands-on labs during the course. After class, you can take your embedded Linux development kit home for further practice.

Course Outline:

• Introduction
• The Yocto Project and OpenEmbedded
• Poky and bitbake
• Setting up the Build System and Building an x86 Emulation Image
• Troubleshooting Build Failures
• Setting Up a Target Development Board
• Booting the Target Development Board
• Board Support Packages
• Customizing Images
• Toaster
• Adding Packages
• Layers
• Kernel Recipes
• Development Tools
• Application Development Toolkit
• Licensing and Compliance
• Appendices

Students are expected to provide their own computer systems for Linux classroom training. If it meets the minimum requirements, students can use their existing system setup, or they can follow instructions provided by The Linux Foundation to prepare a fresh installation for a class. In most cases, a virtual machine should suffice.We suggest that you arrive early enough to make sure that your computer equipment is setup correctly and that you are ready to begin the class at the scheduled time.

Student Machines:

• x86 64-bit processor, 2 GHz or better, preferably dual core or better
• 4GB recommended
• 30 GB hard disk space
• Video card capable of at least 1024x768
• 100 MB ethernet NIC (or better)
• USB 2 port