FOSDEM 2025, one of the largest open-source software conferences in the world, took place in Brussels, Belgium in February this year. The Good Penguin attended and in this blog post we will share some of our highlights. Exploring Open Source Dual A/B Update Solutions for Embedded Linux – Leon Anavi At The Good Penguin we …
Month: March 2025
The Impact of Non-Blocking Consoles (nbcon) on Linux Boot Time
During the Linux boot process, the boot console is responsible for relaying boot messages to the user. On embedded systems this console is often attached to a serial port that can only handle a maximum data rate of a few kilobytes per second which degrades overall boot time. In this post we’ll explore how the …
Building Zephyr RTOS for Raspberry Pi Pico (RP2040)
The Zephyr Project is an open-source real-time operating system (RTOS) focused on embedded and IoT platforms. Zephyr is a Linux Foundation hosted ‘Collaboration Project’, and supports a wide array of devices and architectures. The Raspberry Pi Pico is a microprocessor board developed by Raspberry Pi and is based on their RP2040 chip. The RP2040 is …