Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer https://e-ale.org Inspiring Engineers Mon, 09 Mar 2020 18:50:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://e-ale.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/12/cropped-e-ale_logo-512x512-32x32.png Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer https://e-ale.org 32 32 141157197 SCaLE18x https://e-ale.org/scale18x/ Sat, 07 Mar 2020 02:15:36 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=52588
SCaLE 16x

March 5-8, 2020

Pasadena Convention Centre, California, USA

Southern California Linux Expo

SCaLE is one of the longest running community Linux conferences in the world, this being it’s 18th year running in the Los Angeles Region.

Sadly due to cancellations by enough of our speakers, in part due to concerns surrounding corporate travel and the Coronavirus, we have sadly decided to cancel the Embedded tutorial track at SCaLE18x.

We have included the slides for the talks that would have been given below.

 

List of Topics and Speakers

Though no talks were given, slides from past talks which cover the same topics as would have been given in our talks can be found here in our course materials site.

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of SCaLE.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

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]]> 52588 ELCE 2019 https://e-ale.org/elce2019/ Sat, 02 Feb 2019 07:04:48 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=52322
Embedded Linux Conference

Embedded Linux Conference Europe

October 28-30, 2019

Lyon Convention Centre, Lyon, France

Embedded Linux Conference Europe

Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE) is the premier vendor-neutral technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products. Now in its 13th year, the conference gathers user-space developers, product vendors, kernel, and systems developers to collaborate.

ELC E-ALE Survey

Please let us know how did at ELC! #lfelc

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Important Note

These sessions are first-come-first-served. Furthermore, there are only 50 seats in the classroom. So arrive early for each session to make sure you have a seat. Make sure you bring a laptop on which to do the labs in the seminar!

List of Topics and Speakers

You can see the track schedule here or as follows:

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Mon 11:30am-12:55pm Jason Kridner Intro to Techlab
Mon 2:25pm-3:50pm Marek Vasut Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader
Mon 4:20pm-5:45pm Chris Simmonds Debugging embedded devices using GDB
Tue 11:30am-12:55pm Marta Rybczynska From an Idea to a Patch in the Linux Mainline
Tue 2:25pm-3:50pm Michael Opdenacker Introduction to Linux kernel driver programming
Tue 4:20pm-5:45pm Behan Webster Intro to GPIO
Wed 11:30am-12:55pm Matt Porter Introduction to IIO and Input Drivers
Wed 2:25pm-3:50pm Thomas Petazzoni Introduction to the Buildroot embedded Linux build system

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of ELC.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

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Contact Us

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]]> 52322 ELC 2019 https://e-ale.org/elc2019/ Sat, 02 Feb 2019 06:37:06 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=52286
Embedded Linux Conference

Embedded Linux Conference

August 21-23, 2019

Hilton San Diego Bayfront,
San Diego, CA

Embedded Linux Conference

ELC is the premier vendor-neutral technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products. It will be held at the Hilton San Diego Bayfront, San Diego, CA.

ELC E-ALE Survey

Please let us know how did at ELC! #lfelc

List of Topics and Speakers

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Wed 11:30am-12:55am Jason Kridner Teaching Embedded Linux Using File Abstractions
Wed 2:25pm-3:50pm John Bonesio Introduction to Kernel Modules and Kbuild
Wed 4:20pm-5:45pm Mike Anderson Debugging and Profiling Linux Applications
Thu 11:15am-12:40am Behan Webster Introduction to GPIOs and libgpio
Thu 2:10pm-3:35pm Michael Welling Introduction to the LED subsystem
Thu 4:05pm-4:40pm Tom King Introduction to SPI and SPIdev
Fri 11:30am-12:55am Matt Porter Introduction to IIO and Input Drivers
Fri 2:25pm-3:50pm John Hawley Connecting to the Internet MQTT and Putting the I in IoT

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of ELC.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

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Contact Us

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]]> 52286 SCaLE17x https://e-ale.org/scale17x/ Fri, 01 Feb 2019 22:58:05 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=52269
SCaLE 16x

March 7-10, 2019

Pasadena Convention Centre, California, USA

Southern California Linux Expo

SCaLE is one of the longest running community Linux conferences in the world, this being it’s 17th year running in the Los Angeles Region. SCaLE has had an Embedded track for a long time, and this year will be featuring not only the regular Embedded presentation track, but also hosting E-ALE! We are very pleased to have SCaLE as the inaugural E-ALE location. You can find the complete SCaLE17x schedule here.

Register for E-ALE when you register for SCaLE17x

SCaLEx E-ALE Survey

Please let us know how did at SCaLEx!

List of Topics and Speakers

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Thu 10:00am-11:30am Jason Kridner PocketBeagle Walk Through
Thu 1:00pm-2:30pm Stephanie Lockwood-Childs and Marek Vasut Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader
Thu 3:00pm-4:30pm Alan Ott Everything you ever wanted to know about libusb
Fri 10:00am-11:30am Behan Webster Introduction to GPIOs and libgpio
Fri 1:00pm-2:30pm Michael Welling Introduction to I2C and I2Cdev
Fri 3:00pm-4:30pm Tom King and Stephanie Lockwood-Childs Introduction to SPI and SPIdev
Sat 11:30am-1:00pm Matt Porter Introduction to IIO and Input Drivers
Sat 2:30pm-4:00pm Trevor Woerner Getting Started with Buildroot
Sat 4:30pm-6:00pm Bradley Kuhn Navigate Licensing to Build Embedded Linux Apps

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of SCaLE.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

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Contact Us

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]]> 52269 Linux.conf.au 2019 https://e-ale.org/linux-conf-au-2019/ Sat, 22 Dec 2018 08:33:36 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=51610
Embedded Linux Conference

Linux.conf.au

Christchurch
2019

Jan 21-25, 2019

University of Canterbury, Christchurch, NZ

Linux.conf.au, Christchurch 2019

This year at LCA, the ALE team is presenting tutorials on several subjects, including embedded, IOT, cloud, and security. ALE, the Apprentice Linux Engineer track, is a tutorial series driven by volunteer professional speakers who present apprentice-level material in a way that beginners can understand and use the information. Most tutorials also provide hands-on training, usually with embedded hardware designed and built by ALE volunteers – this is the only associated cost, other than conference attendance fees.
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Important Note

These sessions are open first to people who have purchased the ALE Floral Bonnet board in order to do the in seminar labs. Furthermore, there limited room in the classroom, so arrive early for each session to make sure you have a seat. Preference given to those who have the Floral bonnet for their raspberrypi zero boards.

List of Topics and Speakers (3 days)

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Mon 10:40am-12:20pm Behan Webster Floral Bonnet Walkthrough
Mon 1:30pm-3:10pm Marek Vasut Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader
Mon 3:50pm-5:30pm Tom King Introduction to Bluetooth
Tue 10:40am-12:20pm Behan Webster Introduction to GPIOs and libgpio
Tue 1:30pm-3:10pm Tom King Introduction to SPI and SPIdev
Tue 3:50pm-5:30pm Grant Likely Introduction to I2C and I2Cdev
Wed 10:40am-12:20pm John Hawley IoT and the Cloud
Wed 1:30pm-3:10pm Terri Oda The Security of IoT

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of LCA.

E-ALE will be presented at LCA in the Jack Erskine building in room 133 at the University of Canterbury in Christchurch, New Zealand.

Jack Erskine

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Jack Erskine

Jack Erskine

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What Hardware is used in these classes?

We will be using the Raspberry-pi Zero WH.

We will be doing our hands-on labs with the Raspberry Pi Zero WH; please bring one if you have one. However for E-ALE LCA 2019 you will have to purchase a Floral Bonnet to participate in the lab portion of the seminars so that you have access to the appropriate sensors and devices to write the drivers.

the Floral Bonnet will be the sensor package we will be using.

You can buy a FLoral Bonnet at LCA in the E-ALE room in Jack Erskine 133 on the day at the conference for a price of $20 NZD. ARM has kindly sponsored the E-ALE HW (which has brought the price down from the original $40/unit). Thank you ARM!

ARM has subsidized the cost of the floral bonnet, so we can sell them at a much cheaper price of $20/unit.

The Floral Bonnet has the following capabilities:

  • CP2102 Serial over USB console
  • SPI SSD1306 128x64 OLED screen
  • I2C BME208 Pressure Temperature Sensor
  • I2C TSL2561 Light Sensor
  • GPIO Push button
  • GPIO/PWM connected tricolor LED

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

[gs_logo title="yes"]

Contact Us

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]]> 51610 Transitioning to Embedded Linux? Check Out the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer (E-ALE) Program https://e-ale.org/transitioning-to-embedded-linux-check-out-the-embedded-apprentice-linux-engineer-e-ale-program/ Thu, 25 Oct 2018 23:28:52 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=52389 52389 Embedded Linux Conference Europe 2018 https://e-ale.org/elce2018/ Tue, 09 Oct 2018 04:37:06 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=51452
Embedded Linux Conference

Embedded Linux Conference Europe

Oct 22-24, 2018

Edinburgh, Scotland, UK

Embedded Linux Conference Europe

Embedded Linux Conference Europe (ELCE) is the premier vendor-neutral technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products. Now in its 13th year, the conference gathers user-space developers, product vendors, kernel, and systems developers to collaborate. The official schedule is here.

ELC E-ALE Survey

Please let us know how did at ELC! #lfelc

s

Important Note

These sessions are only open to people who have registered for the E-ALE track, at an additional $100.00 fee. Furthermore, there are only 50 seats in the classroom. So arrive early for each session to make sure you have a seat.

List of Topics and Speakers (Just 2 days)

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Mon 9:00am-10:30am Elizabeth Flanagan PocketBeagle Walkthrough
Mon 11:15am-12:45pm Marek Vasut Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader
Mon 2:15pm-3:45pm Michael Opdenacker Introduction to Linux Kernel Driver Programming
Mon 4:15pm-5:45pm Matt Porter Introduction to IIO and Input Drivers
Tue 9:00am-10:30am Chris Simmonds Debugging embedded devices using GDB
Tue 11:30am-1:00pm Thomas Petazzoni Getting Started with Buildroot
Tue 2:30pm-3:10pm Stephano Cetola Getting Started with Yocto Project
Tue 3:50pm-5:20pm John Ogness Building Real-Time Applications for Linux

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of ELC.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

[gs_logo title="yes"]

Contact Us

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]]> 51452 Embedded Linux Conference 2018 https://e-ale.org/elc2018/ Tue, 13 Mar 2018 04:32:05 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=51449
Embedded Linux Conference

Embedded Linux Conference

March 12-14, 2018

Portland, OR, USA

Embedded Linux Conference

ELC is the premier vendor-neutral technical conference for companies and developers using Linux in embedded products. It will be held at the Hilton in Downtown Portland.

ELC E-ALE Survey

Please let us know how did at ELC! #lfelc

List of Topics and Speakers

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Mon 10:40am-1:00pm Jason Kridner PocketBeagle walk through
Mon 2:00pm-3:50pm Behan Webster Introduction to Kernel Modules and Kbuild
Mon 4:10pm-6:00pm Marek Vasut Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader
Tue 10:40am-1:00pm Mike Anderson GDB Debugging in Both User and Kernel Space
Tue 2:00pm-3:50pm Michael Opdenacker Introduction to Linux kernel driver programming: i2c drivers
Tue 2:30pm-4:30pm Thomas Petazzoni Getting Started with Buildroot
Tue 4:20pm-6:20pm Michael Welling Building an SPI Driver
Wed 11:05am-1:05pm Behan Webster Learn bitbake with Yocto Project
Thu 4:30pm-5:30pm Tim Orling Building images with Yocto Project

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of ELC.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
s

If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

A

Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

Our Supporters

[gs_logo title="yes"]

Contact Us

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]]> 51449 Southern California Linux Expo 16x https://e-ale.org/scale16x/ Fri, 09 Mar 2018 05:27:40 +0000 https://e-ale.org/?p=51447
SCaLE 16x

March 8-11, 2018

Pasadena, California, USA

Southern California Linux Expo

SCaLE is one of the longest running community Linux conferences in the world, this being it’s 16th year running in the Los Angeles Region. SCaLE has had an Embedded track for a long time, and this year will be featuring not only the regular Embedded  presentation track, but also hosting E-ALE! We are very pleased to have SCaLE as the inaugural E-ALE location.

SCaLEx E-ALE Survey

Please let us know how did at SCaLEx!

List of Topics and Speakers

Day Time Instructor Seminar
Thu 10:00am-1:00pm Jason Kridner PocketBeagle Walk Through
Thu 2:00pm-4:00pm Behan Webster Introduction to Kernel Modules and Kbuild
Thu 4:00pm-6:00pm Marek Vasut Introduction to the U-Boot bootloader
Fri 10:00am-1:00pm Alan Ott Anatomy of the USB Subsystem
Fri 2:00pm-4:00pm Michael Welling Building an I2C Driver
Fri 4:00pm-6:00pm Michael Welling Building an SPI Driver
Sat 10:00am-1:00pm John Bonesio An Introduction to BuildRoot
Sat 2:00pm-4:00pm Tom King Learn bitbake with Yocto Project
Sat 4:00pm-6:00pm Behan Webster Building images with Yocto Project

All attendees of E-ALE must abide by the Code of Conduct of SCaLE.

What Hardware is used in these classes?

PocketBeagle

For 2018 we will be using the PocketBeagle.

All the Embedded Apprentice Linux Engineer classes will involve using embedded hardware during the hands-on labs. We will be using the PocketBeagle and a BaconBits cape which are included with the $75 USD registration fee for E-ALE at SCaLE16x and ELC. We will only support doing the labs on the official HW kit; please don't bring your own and try to use that. The HW kits will be delivered to the attendee at the first seminar they choose to attend.

Pocket Beagle and Breadboard

The BaconBits is OSHW and available on github

The Techlab cape has the following capabilities:

• USB-to-Serial micro B

• USB Host A

• Reset button

• SPI 2-digit 7-segment display

•  I2C accelerometer

•  GPIO Push button

• ADC Potentiometer thumbwheel

• PWM Tri-color LED PLLC-6

• Power button

What do I need to know beforehand? What do I bring to class?

What am I expected to know beforehand?

We make assumptions about attendees existing skills in the E-ALE seminars:

  • You are comfortable using a command line interface
  • You can program and know C
  • You have some level of Linux userspace experience
q

These are not courses on "How to use Linux"

 

What should I bring to class?

Attendees can elect to use the computers which are in the classroom we will be using at University of Canterbury. However attendees are encouraged to bring their own laptop with the following requirements if they have one:

  • A minimum of a recent i5 processor
  • 8GB of RAM
  • Your plugin power supply (we will be compiling a lot)
  • At least 100GB of free disk space
  • Run "./check-requirements.sh EALE"
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If your laptop doesn’t run Linux...

... please make sure you have a virtual machine program hypervisor available in order to install a Linux VM (for instance Virtual Box, or VMWare).

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Get your computer ready for E-ALE seminars

We have a script which will set up your computer for E-ALE. Please run it before you come to the seminars.

You can find all the slides and code on the Course Materials site, or in github.

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