Woods Technical Solutions

"Providing Direction for your Embedded Linux Projects"

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Woods Technical Solutions is a consulting business focused on embedded systems software development and Open Source software integration. Our goal is to guide clients through the process of pairing Open Source software with their core products, in a cost effective manner.

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To provide a little more context, let's examine some well-known frameworks available for building embedded Linux software stacks:

Many more, very good, solutions exist as well. These are just a few typically found in a generic search. All will provide your company with a set of reproducible images that constitute the core embedded Linux code for your product. Many processor hardware vendors have leveraged these tools to provide their customers with a "Ready to Use" embedded Linux environment. The barriers to deploying embedded Linux are now greatly reduced. "Ready to Go", Right? What about these engineering activities: The processor hardware vendor may not provide any of the above. If they do, it may be an outsourced activity. It may also be cost prohibitive depending on the product design resource availability. Their job was to sell you the chip(s) and get you started. Dealing with the complex embedded Linux ecosystem is left to your company.

So, the full picture is more like any other engineered product that your company produces. The "initial" cost was low or free. The full product life-cycle support and maintenance is not. Your staff will need to have a, more than surface, understanding of Linux. Some will need to be Linux Engineers with deep understanding of your product's embedded electronic hardware. This is where up-front design will provide value and reduce long-term maintenance costs for the product.

The embedded Linux platform can provide a rich set of technologies for your product. Ultimately, a company, with a long-term embedded Linux strategy, will have a hybrid environment that leverages one of the major build tools. This is where Woods Technical Solutions can help.

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