Exciting times! I have gotten the opportunity to start working for northern.tech, the commercial entity behind the Mender project. Before I start writing about my relationship with Mender I wanted just link to Northern.tech culture blog, to give you an idea of the company culture which is always a deciding factor for me when choosing […]

My last post was written from Portland, Oregon where I was attending and speaking at the Embedded Linux Conference. It was definitely a busy week that I spent there trying to absorb as much as possible from all the sessions and the “hallway track”, while also connecting with people over beers (Portland = beer town). […]

I am writing this post from Portland, Oregon. I am here because of the Embedded Linux Conference where I am also presenting a talk on how to integrate an open-source software update solution on your board. If you are in the area please stop by or get in touch and lets grab a bear/coffe/whateva :). […]

This post if part of the “Updating embedded Linux devices” series, previous posts are: Updating Embedded Linux Devices: Background Updating Embedded Linux Devices: Update strategies Updating Embedded Linux Devices: SWUpdate Next up on my software update journey is: My introduction with Mender was back in 2016. They where sponsors of ELCE (Embedded Linux Conference Europe) […]

Running simple HTTP on my site felt so 90̈́’s and I wanted to test out Let’s Encrypt. I also wanted to improve the site: Visitors should feel safe, even though I do not request any sensitive information the information we share should be encrypted Google apparently ranks sites running HTTPS higher in their search algorithm, […]

This post if part of the “Updating embedded Linux devices” series, previous posts are: Updating Embedded Linux Devices: Background Updating Embedded Linux Devices: Update strategies First up on my software update journey is: In 2014 I attended ELCE (Embedded Linux Conference Europe) in Düsseldorf, Germany, and this is also the time and place when I […]

This post if part of the “Updating embedded Linux devices” series, previous posts are: Updating Embedded Linux Devices: Background Before I start talking about different projects I wanted to write a bit about common update strategies on embedded Linux systems unrelated to any specific project. By reading this it will be easier to follow my […]

First of, lets set the scene. You are planing to deploy devices running Linux or already are. Your embedded Linux devices probably consists of the following components: bootloader Linux kernel and probably a DTB file root-filesystem custom partitions to hold application data custom application and maybe you have some additional MCUs or FPGAs connected to […]

I think it suitable to start out with a “Hello World” post as this is a familiar way of introducing our self to new ventures, be it a new programming language or framework. To not repeat my self I have written an About page which should provide you with an introduction of my intentions and […]