Bring Up Linux on ARM Board

Build Root | Kernel Customization | Application Porting

Embedded Linux on ARM - Course Overview

Bring-up and port Linux in your target hardware. Transition yourself from a Linux Programmer to Embedded Systems Programmer.

The Linux Operating System has emerged as numero-uno when it comes to Embedded Systems. Open Source code and customizable are two major reasons for its success. In our Embedded Linux on ARM course you will be learning about how to customize and bring up Linux on an ARM based Embedded Platform from scratch.

This course will give hands-on perspective about various key aspects of Linux customization and porting. Starting with leveraging Open Source for your product development, this course will further deep dive into embedded booting process and u-boot. Further it will focus on Kernel customization and tuning for embedded devices.

As a reference platform ARM based board will be used. Hence it will be covering understanding ARM architecture and board schematics. By the end of this program you will be able to customize and bring up an Embedded Linux on your own and port your applications as well.

Prerequisites and Key Takeaways

Embedded linux on ARM programming course contents and curriculum has a complete practical view of building Open Source Linux as your choice for embedded devices. It covers choice points, configuration, bring-up and porting aspects of Linux.

Key Features:

Get you exposed with various trends in Embedded OS
Making appropriate Open source choices for your Embedded device
Customizing and building your own Linux Kernel
Bring up custom kernel as Embedded OS on ARM based target hardware
Get hands-on with Flash memory usage, EEPROMS using development boards
Equip you with high end application Embedded development with ARM
Standard open source hardware (BeagleBone Black Rev C) and software as platform

Topics Covered:

Open source and choice-points for Embedded development
Setting up Embedded development environment
Bootloader and building root file system
Components of Embedded Linux Kernel
Linux device drivers overview
Embedded application programming
Special Focus: Application optimization in Embedded systems
One month lab assistance

Prerequisites:

Good C Programming Skills
Basic Hands – On Linux Usage and administration commands

Platform Details:

OS – Ubuntu Linux
Kernel version – 3.x/4.x
BeagleBone (Rev C / ARM Cortex A8) as Embedded target

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Embedded Linux on ARM - Course Syllabus

Detailed Embedded Linux on ARM Course Syllabus is also available to download in PDF format.

Day-1

Introduction

W’s of Embedded Systems & The Real Time Aspect
Open Source & Free Software Fundamentals

Linux As An Embedded OS

Architecture
Software components
Choices to make
Applying Patches
Source Code Browsing Techniques

Target Hardware Architecture

Processes Architecture - ARM
Hardware Peripherals available
Schematics
Memory Mappings
Connectivity for board bring-up

Day-2

Linux Booting Sequence

Desktop Linux booting sequence
Embedded Linux booting sequence
Processor/Target board specific booting sequence

Choosing Components For Embedded Linux

Requirements & Setup
The Embedded Environment Tools
Tool-chain (Cross Compilers & friends)
Debug-ability

Tool-Chain: Configuration And Cross-Compilation

What is a tool-chain
Native vs. cross-compilation
Toolchain Components
Toolchain choices
Using buildroot to build the toolchain
Configuration options
Adding path variables to startup

Day-3

Booting Sequence And U-Boot In Detail

Boot-loader Phases
U-boot – Embedded boot loader
What does u-boot do?
Navigating the u-boot sources
Configuring and Cross-compiling u-boot
Installing u-boot on the target

Embedded Linux Kernel

Kernel Features
Kernel Subsystems
Memory Manager
Scheduler
Embedded Storage
I/O Subsystem
Network Subsystem
Navigating the kernel sources
Kernel Configuration

Creating A Custom Root File System

Introduction to File system
Linux directory structure
Organization and Important directories
/dev file system
What next after kernel booting
init and startup scripts
Creating your device

Day-4

Linux Device Drivers Overview

Character Drivers
Hardware Access
Demo: a GPIO based LED driver
Demo: Driver for user switch using interrupts

Embedded Application Programming

Compiling and Running a multi-threaded embedded application
High level code navigation of application

Remote Debugging Using GDB

How remote debugging works
Setting up tools for remote debugging using buildroot
Hands on session to debug remote application

Emertxe Courses - Schedule

Embedded Systems Courses with Placements for Students & Professionals

Course name	Start date	Duration	Registration Status
Emertxe Certified Embedded Professional - Advanced(Onsite /Classroom-based)	23/12/2024	6 Months*	Register Now
Emertxe Certified Embedded Professional(Online)	20/12/2024	6 Months*	Register Now
Emertxe Certified Embedded Professional (Online)	03/01/2025	6 Months/Evening*	Register Now
Embedded Systems Internship	30/11/2024	1 Month	Register Now

Embedded Systems Courses with Placements for Students & Professionals

Course name

Emertxe Certified Embedded Professional - Advanced(Onsite /Classroom-based)

Start date

23/12/2024

Duration

6 Months*

Registration Status

Course name

Emertxe Certified Embedded Professional(Online)

Start date

20/12/2024

Duration

6 Months*

Registration Status

Course name

Emertxe Certified Embedded Professional (Online)

Start date

03/01/2025

Duration

6 Months/Evening*

Registration Status

Course name

Embedded Systems Internship

Start date

30/11/2024

Duration

1 Month

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Got 5 Job Offers After UpSkilling

Developing solutions on my own and the belief in Best return on investment is in improving self-skills were the key motivating factors that made me reach Emertxe. Mentors helped me advance diversified skills in the Embedded domain. I could enhance my profile and started giving interviews. At one point I had 5 offers in hand to make a choice. Thanks to Emertxe.

Pavankumar K Arakere Eximius Design

Career Transition into Embedded

I was working in a non Embedded domain, and wanted to get back into the core. Hence I quit my job and joined Emertxe. I got help from mentors who helped me to get back into hands-on programming. Because of Helped to achieve a career transition. Mentors Helped to get the basics of embedded systems and build a career in the core domain.

Haripriya Nair HCL

Getting Edge Over Other Job Seekers

Training provided at Emertxe is more about practical knowledge necessary to become ready for industry. Practice sessions and assignments at Emertxe are well-designed to give candidates the edge over other job seekers in the market. I have worked on IoT, Linux drivers, Low level drivers, firmware, RTOS, currently working at Toshiba Software India.

Rohan N Patil Toshiba

Academia to Industry Transition

I was working as a faculty in an engineering college. Wanted to get into Embedded, which has been my area of interest. However I had a skill-gap. Mentors understood my challenge and aspirations. They helped me by giving hands-on mentoring and close guidance. I could make a transition into the industry, which was not possible without Emertxe.

Harish HCL

Projects Based UpSkilling - Embedded Linux

Emertxe Embedded Linux Course ensures you build on real-time projects. This working output ensures you are able to apply your learnings from the workshop. Such an approach makes us the best Institute to learn courses in Embedded linux porting and programming.

Here is a snapshot of projects that you will be potentially working on.

Project 01
Project 02

Project 01

Project 02

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Embedded Linux on ARM - Courses - FAQs

We are pretty sure you will have a lot of questions before joining our courses. Here are the frequently asked questions for your reference. In case you still have anything specific write to us at training@emertxe.com

What is the difference between this and Linux device drivers?

The Linux device drivers (intermediate) course is to provide developers a kick-start with device drivers. It covers essential parts of driver development, but it doesn’t talk about advanced aspects like network drivers, platform drivers, file-systems drivers etc. In the advanced course it covers such topics to provide you with a complete device driver development exposure. By taking up advanced course you will get comprehensive knowledge about device drivers. Such approach makes us the best institute in India to learn advanced Linux device drivers course.

Why debugging techniques are highlighted in this course?

driver development happens inside the Kernel, doing effective debugging plays a crucial part. Sine we are introducing advanced topics of device drivers in the course, it will remain incomplete if developers are not aware how to troubleshoot / fix issues. Hence a variety of hands-on topics introduced under the debugging techniques (Querying, Printing, Watching, Tracing etc…) which in combination provides power tools & techniques that will help you in real time problem solving.

I already have idea about device drivers. How will this help me?

We understand target audience will have different level of understanding about Linux drivers. It is our best interest to deliver the workshop where the whole class can benefit. If you already have some idea, it will be an added advantage to grasp workshop contents better. During hands-on session we will specifically provide some advanced aspects of drivers (ex: USB) for you to practice and build deeper skills. I already have some idea about device drivers. How does this workshop help me?

What projects can I work on after course completion?

There are many projects that you can work on based on the course learning. A sample list of projects are provided below.

USB Mass Storage (MMC) driver
USB to Serial converter
Complex matrix keypad driver using interrupts and synchronization
Ethernet based network drivers
File system drivers
Platform drivers

Such comprehensive list of project based learning makes us the best Institute in India to learn advanced linux device drivers course.

Who are the trainers for Linux device drivers workshop?

Trainers (mentors in Emertxe) for this workshop are professionals having worked with organizations like Samsung, HP, Novell, Huawei etc., that makes Emertxe as one of the best Linux training institutes in Bangalore. They bring in 18+ years of experience on average. Our mentors understand industry requirements very well in order to maximize the value. Added to that, our mentors are passionate about training, which enables you to write a device driver on your own by the end of the workshop.