Embedded Recipes is a conference held in Nice, France which focuses on open-source embedded systems. It’s organisers accurately describe the conference as “talks, workshops, discussions, food, friends and the beach”. The Good Penguin attended (and sponsored) the event and in this blog post we’ll share our highlights. The CRA and what it means for us …
Tag: Software Update
SWUpdate, Suricatta and Unreliable Connectivity
Many product makers choose to use the open-source SWUpdate software to provide an off the shelf method of software update for their embedded devices. For internet connected devices this is typically configured in Suricatta daemon mode which allows for SWUpdate to poll for software updates from an update server such as the open-source Eclipse Hawkbit. …
Power-failure-tolerant bootloader flashing on eMMC
It’s a widely held misconception that flashing a bootloader on a device in the field is risky. The reason is that if power is removed from the device during update, then the bootloader may only be partially flashed and thus won’t boot. This view is correct for devices that boot from a single location without …