Embedded Systems Training Courses

A two day course consisting of around 60% hands-on labs focusing on Embedded Linux kernel internals, architecture, development and investigating how to write and integrate several types of device drivers.

Who should attend?

Engineers interested in Linux kernel development on Embedded systems and plateforms.

The C programming language is perhaps the most popular programming language for programming embedded systems.

This course demonstrates through hands-on practice the fundamentals of Embedded Computers.

A real-time operating system (RTOS) is an operating system (OS) intended to serve real-time application process data as it comes in, typically without buffering delays.

In this course, participants will learn C++ concepts and programming skills.

Raspberry Pi is a small, barebones computer developed by The Raspberry Pi Foundation.

An ARM processor is one of a family of CPUs based on the RISC (reduced instruction set computer) architecture developed by Advanced RISC Machines (ARM).

An embedded system is a computer system with a dedicated function within a larger mechanical or electrical system, often with real-time computing constraints.

Berkeley DB (BDB) is a software library intended to provide a high-performance embedded database for key/value data. Berkeley DB is written in C with API bindings for C++, C#, Java, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Smalltalk, Tcl, and many other programming languages. Berkeley DB is not a relational database.

This course will introduce the architecture and capabilities of Berkeley DB and walk participants through the development of their own sample application using Berkeley DB.

Audience

- Application developers
- Software engineers
- Technical consultants

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, hands-on development and implementation, tests to gauge understanding

This instructor-led, live training in България introduces the system architectures, operating systems, networking, storage, and cryptographic issues that should be considered when designing secure embedded systems.

By the end of this course, participants will have a solid understanding of security principles, concerns, and technologies. More importantly, participants will be equipped with the techniques needed for developing safe and secure embedded software.

Model Based Development (MBD) is a software development methodology that enables faster, more cost-effective development of dynamic systems such as control systems, signal processing and communication systems. It relies on graphic modeling rather than the traditional text based programming.

In this instructor-led, live training participants will learn how to apply MBD methodologies to reduce development costs and accelerate the time to market of their embedded software products.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to

- Select and utilize the right tools for implementing MBD.
- Use MBD to carry out rapid development in the early stages of their embedded software project.
- Shorten the release of their embedded software into the market.

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

This training intends to introduce C++ as the common extension of C when applying object-oriented embedded system development. Since C++ encloses C, this training takes us from C to C++ in a natural way, and looks under the hood of how C++ is implemented. This is especially valuable to comprehend when applying C++ in an embedded resource limited environment. The C++ standard has recently been undergoing a major revision, a.k.a. as C++11, and a new one is on its way, C++14. This course addresses subjects brought in with these revisions that are especially useful like high performance memory management, concurrency making use of a multicore environment, and bare-metal close to the hardware programming.

GOAL/BENEFITS

The major objective of this class is that you shall be able to use C++ in a “correct way”.

- Introduce C++ as an object oriented language alternative in an embedded system context
- Show the similarities ‑ and differences ‑ with the C language
- Comprehend different memory management strategies – especially the move semantics introduced with C++11
- Look under the hood and understand what different paradigms in C++ leads to in machine code
- Use templates to achieve type safe high order abstractions for bare-metal close to the hardware programming – memory mapped I/O as well as interrupts – especially the variadic templates introduced with C++11
- Provide some useful design patterns especially applicable in an embedded context
- A few exercises in order to practice some concepts

AUDIENCE/PARTICIPANTS

This training is aimed C++- programmers who intend to start using C++ in an embedded system context.

PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE

The course requires basic knowledge in C++ programming, corresponding to our trainings ”C++ – Level 1” and ”C++ Level 2 – Introducing C++11”.

PRACTICAL EXERCISES

During the training you will practice the presented concepts in a number of exercises. We will use the open and free integrated development environment from Eclipse

Is C++ suitable for embedded systems such as microcontrollers and real-time-operating-systems?

Should object-oriented-programming be used in microcontrollers?

Is C++ too far removed from the hardware to be efficient?

This instructor-led, live training addresses these questions and demonstrates through discussion and practice how C++ can be used to develop embedded systems with code that is accurate, readable, and efficient. Participants put theory into practice through the creation of a sample embedded application in C++.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Understand the principles of object-oriented modelling, embedded software programming and real-time programming
- Produce code for embedded systems that is small, fast and safe
- Avoid code bloat from templates, exceptions, and other language features
- Understand the issues related to using C++ in safety-critical and real-time systems
- Debug a C++ program on a target device

Audience

- Developers
- Designers

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Raspberry Pi is a very small, single-board computer.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to set up and program the Raspberry Pi to serve as an interactive and powerful embedded system.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Set up an IDE (integrated development environment) for maximum development productivity
- Program Raspberry Pi to control devices such as motion sensor, alarms, web servers and printers.
- Understand Raspberry Pi's architecture, including inputs and connectors for add-on devices.
- Understand the various options in programming languages and operating systems
- Test, debug, and deploy the Raspberry Pi to solve real world problems

Audience

- Developers
- Hardware/software technicians
- Technical persons in all industries
- Hobbyists

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

- Raspberry Pi supports various operating systems and programming languages. This course will use Linux-based Raspbian as the operating system and Python as the programming language. To request a specific setup, please contact us to arrange.
- Participants are responsible for purchasing the Raspberry Pi hardware and components.

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Circuit Design refers to the process of designing, etching, and printing circuits on a signal boards layout. EAGLE is a freely available desktop application for designing PCBs.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use the Eagle software to create PCB circuit boards. The course starts by examining a set of existing schematics, then drawing out an original circuit in Eagle. The training steps through process for designing the circuit board and discusses the process for manufacturing the boards (the course does not include the physical manufacturing of the boards).

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Create a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) from any schematic
- Create schematics and design circuit boards using Eagle
- Export the industry-standard files for constructing the circuit board

Audience

- Engineers
- Technicians

Format of the Course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Notes

- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

PCB (Printed Circuit Board) Circuit Design refers to the process of designing, etching, and printing circuits on a signal boards layout. Altium Designer is a freely available desktop application for designing PCBs.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to use the Altium software to create PCB circuit boards. The course starts by examining a set of existing schematics, then drawing out an original circuit in Altium. The training steps through process for designing and manufacturing the circuit board.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Create a Printed Circuit Board (PCB) from any schematic
- Create schematics and design circuit boards using Altium
- Print and etch a physical circuit board
- Export the industry-standard files for sending to a large-scale manufacturer

Audience

- Engineers
- Technicians

Format of the Course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Notes

- To request a customized training for this course, please contact us to arrange.

This instructor-led, live training in България (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to design high-performance embedded systems using FPGA.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Install and configure the FPGA software tools needed to design and simulate an embedded system.
- Select the best FPGA architecture for an application.
- Develop and enhance various FPGA designs.

This is a two day course covering all basic principles of building Embedded linux Systems, around 60% of the entire course time is practical hands-on implementation for real world application using the same standards and tools used in industry

In this training, participants will learn how to build their own embedded Linux for the Raspberry Pi.

In this instructor-led, live training in България participants will learn step-by-step how to build an embedded Linux system from the ground up. From building a minimalistic kernel to configuring the bootup and initialization processes, participants will learn the tools, techniques and mindset needed to deploy a fully functional embedded Linux system.

For remote trainings, QEMU will be used to emulate the hardware. Other platforms, including real hardware devices, can be considered on a case by case basis.

This instructor-led, live training in (online or onsite) is aimed at engineers who wish to implement NetApp ONTAP.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Set up and administer ONTAP 9.3 Cluster (3 days).
- Safeguard data through Data Protection technologies (2 days).

This instructor-led, live training in България (online or onsite) is aimed at developers who wish to use TensorFlow Lite to deploy deep learning models on embedded devices.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Install and configure Tensorflow Lite on an embedded device.
- Understand the concepts and components underlying TensorFlow Lite.
- Convert existing models to TensorFlow Lite format for execution on embedded devices.
- Work within the limitations of small devices and TensorFlow Lite, while learning how to expand the scope of operations that can be run.
- Deploy a deep learning model on an embedded device running Linux.

Description

This four day training combines theory with hands-on exercises in order to introduce the Yocto Project.
It answers frequently asked questions like:

- Is it really necessary to use another version of the toolchain/libraries/packages for each and every GNU/Linux project and an top of that to follow a different work-flow?
- Can you ensure that the development environment is identical for all developers/suppliers and that you can still produce identical builds like today in 10+ years from now?
- Can the YP help find out under what software licenses the packages you use are licensed?

Hands-on sessions are performed on target hardware (e.g. Beagle Bone Black Rev. C - http://beagleboard.org/BLACK). After the training you will be able to download a docker image with Ubuntu 14.x and all dependencies pre-installed plus the examples in order to work with the course material in your own labs. Please note that this is not an introductory course to Embedded GNU/Linux. You should already know how Embedded GNU/Linux works and how to configure/build the GNU/Linux kernel and kernel drivers.

Who should attend?

You already use GNU/Linux for your projects and have probably heard about the Yocto Project, but did not dare to have a closer look into it, or had difficulties using it. You don’t know whether and how your daily work-flow can be accommodated in the YP and generally find the YP rather complicated. Why do we need all this since up to know everything was (supposedly) much easier? After the training you should be able to decide whether you need the YP or not. The workshop is aimed at software-, development-, system engineers, testers, administrators, engineers and other parties interested in the YP, with a solid knowledge of Embedded GNU/Linux.

In this instructor-led, live training in България, participants will learn how to create a build system for embedded Linux based on Yocto Project.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Understand the fundamental concepts behind a Yocto Project build system, including recipes, metadata, and layers.
- Build a Linux image and run it under emulation.
- Save time and energy building embedded Linux systems.

Shadowsocks is an open-source, secure socks5 proxy.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to secure an internet connection through a Shadowsocks proxy.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Install and configure Shadowsocks on any of a number of supported platforms, including Windows, Linux, Mac, Android, iOS, and OpenWrt.
- Deploy Shadosocks with package manager systems, such as pip, aur, freshports and others.
- Run Shadowsocks on mobile devices and wireless networks.
- Understand how Shadowsocks encrypts messages and ensures integrity and authenticity.
- Optimize a Shadowsocks server

Audience

- Network engineers
- System Administrators
- Computer technicians

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

The LEDE Project (Linux Embedded Development Environment) is a Linux operating system based on OpenWrt. It is a complete replacement for the vendor-supplied firmware of a wide range of wireless routers and non-network devices.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to set up a LEDE based wireless router.

Audience

- Network administrators and technicians

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Buildroot is an open-source project that contains scripts that produce a cross-compilation toolchain, a customizable root filesystem image, and a Linux kernel for embedded devices. During this practical course, participants will learn how to use it:

- How to select software that goes into the root filesystem.
- How to add new packages and modify existing ones.
- How to add support for new embedded boards.

During the course, bootable filesystem images will be produced. Remote courses are delivered using the [QEMU](/cc/qemukvm) emulator, while in the classroom it is possible to use either QEMU or real embedded boards of the trainer's choice.

Other projects with similar goals include the [Yocto project](/cc/yoctoproject) and OpenWRT. Please use [these](https://bootlin.com/pub/conferences/2016/elc/belloni-petazzoni-buildroot-oe/belloni-petazzoni-buildroot-oe.pdf) [presentations](https://elinux.org/images/0/0a/Embedded_Linux_Build_Systems.pdf) to determine which one is the right choice for your needs.

In this instructor-led, live training in България, participants will learn how to program the Arduino for real-world usage, such as to control lights, motors and motion detection sensors. This course assumes the use of real hardware components in a live lab environment (not software-simulated hardware).

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Program Arduino to control lights, motors, and other devices.
- Understand Arduino's architecture, including inputs and connectors for add-on devices.
- Add third-party components such as LCDs, accelerometers, gyroscopes, and GPS trackers to extend Arduino's functionality.
- Understand the various options in programming languages, from C to drag-and-drop languages.
- Test, debug, and deploy the Arduino to solve real world problems.

In this instructor-led, live training in България, participants will learn the fundamentals of IoT as they step through the creation of an Arduino-based IoT sensor system.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Understand the principles of IoT, including IoT components and communication techniques.
- Learn how to use Arduino communication modules that can be used for different IoT systems.
- Learn how to use and program a mobile app to control Arduino.
- Use a Wi-Fi module to connect the Arduino to another device.
- Build and deploy their own IoT Sensor System.

In this instructor-led, live training, participants will learn how to build a robot using Arduino hardware and the Arduino (C/C++) language.

By the end of this training, participants will be able to:

- Build and operate a robotic system that includes both software and hardware components
- Understand the key concepts used in robotic technologies
- Assemble motors, sensors and microcontrollers into a working robot
- Design the mechanical structure of a robot

Audience

- Developers
- Engineers
- Hobbyists

Format of the course

- Part lecture, part discussion, exercises and heavy hands-on practice

Note

- Hardware kits will be specified by the instructor before the training, but will roughly contain the following components:

- Arduino board
- Motor controller
- Distance sensor
- Bluetooth slave
- Prototyping board and cables
- USB cable
- Vehicle kit

- Participants will need to purchase their own hardware.
- If you wish to customize this training, please contact us to arrange.