https://ossystems.tech/blog/ Guides and field notes on embedded Linux, the Yocto Project, Zephyr, Nix, remote access and updates, and the books we recommend. en https://blog.shellhub.io/managing-a-nixos-fleet-with-shellhub-using-device-tags/ https://blog.shellhub.io/managing-a-nixos-fleet-with-shellhub-using-device-tags/ Wed, 19 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT A fleet keeps two lists: the devices in the device manager, and the configuration in git. Device tags keep the two lists the same. https://blog.shellhub.io/choosing-remote-access-solution/ https://blog.shellhub.io/choosing-remote-access-solution/ Mon, 17 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Remote access is more than a way to open a terminal. For a team with connected devices, it controls identity, support, accountability and scale. https://blog.shellhub.io/remote-access-is-not-a-task-its-infrastructure-heres-how-shellhub-makes-it-scalable/ https://blog.shellhub.io/remote-access-is-not-a-task-its-infrastructure-heres-how-shellhub-makes-it-scalable/ Sat, 15 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT When many users must reach a fleet, remote access is infrastructure. Role-based access control gives each user only the access that the job needs. https://blog.shellhub.io/why-product-teams-should-design-remote-support-from-the-start/ https://blog.shellhub.io/why-product-teams-should-design-remote-support-from-the-start/ Thu, 13 Aug 2026 12:00:00 GMT Remote support for a connected Linux product is part of its whole life. It changes the architecture, the security and the customer experience. https://blog.shellhub.io/after-digitalization-how-to-securely-access-embedded-linux-devices-in-the-field/ https://blog.shellhub.io/after-digitalization-how-to-securely-access-embedded-linux-devices-in-the-field/ Thu, 30 Jul 2026 12:00:00 GMT A connected Linux device in the field needs safe remote access for diagnostics and maintenance, for all of its service life. https://blog.shellhub.io/getting-started-shellhub-api-shell-script/ https://blog.shellhub.io/getting-started-shellhub-api-shell-script/ Thu, 30 Oct 2025 12:00:00 GMT Use an API key, curl and jq in a shell script to list your devices and to start to automate remote access. https://blog.updatehub.io/integration-of-updatehub-in-the-official-zephyr-project-repository/ https://blog.updatehub.io/integration-of-updatehub-in-the-official-zephyr-project-repository/ Thu, 06 Jun 2019 12:00:00 GMT UpdateHub support is now part of the official Zephyr Project repository. https://blog.updatehub.io/updatehub-enabling-in-the-zephyr-project/ https://blog.updatehub.io/updatehub-enabling-in-the-zephyr-project/ Mon, 27 May 2019 12:00:00 GMT How to add UpdateHub to a Zephyr Project application, so that it can receive updates over the air. https://blog.updatehub.io/updatehub-sending-ota-updates-using-the-yocto-project/ https://blog.updatehub.io/updatehub-sending-ota-updates-using-the-yocto-project/ Mon, 22 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMT A guide that adds over-the-air updates to a Yocto Project image, step by step. https://blog.updatehub.io/over-the-air-ota-update-solution-for-remote-firmware-updates/ https://blog.updatehub.io/over-the-air-ota-update-solution-for-remote-firmware-updates/ Wed, 03 Apr 2019 12:00:00 GMT What an update over the air is, and why a device in the field needs one. https://ossystems.tech/blog/embedded-linux-development-with-yocto-project-2nd-edition-released/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/embedded-linux-development-with-yocto-project-2nd-edition-released/ Fri, 17 Nov 2017 12:00:00 GMT The second edition of the book by Otavio Salvador and Daiane Angolini is out. It covers Yocto Project 2.4 Rocko. https://ossystems.tech/blog/golang-support-in-yocto-project-greatly-improved/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/golang-support-in-yocto-project-greatly-improved/ Thu, 21 Sep 2017 12:00:00 GMT What Yocto Project 2.4 changes for Go: Go 1.9, shared runtime libraries, parallel builds and SDK support. https://ossystems.tech/blog/enhancing-the-golang-support-in-yocto-project/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/enhancing-the-golang-support-in-yocto-project/ Tue, 12 Sep 2017 12:00:00 GMT We use Go in our own products. These are the first changes that we merged into OpenEmbedded-Core to make Go support better. https://ossystems.tech/blog/what-the-yocto-project-is/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/what-the-yocto-project-is/ Mon, 04 Sep 2017 12:00:00 GMT What the Yocto Project is, how it started, and how it works together with OpenEmbedded and Poky. https://ossystems.tech/blog/fsl-community-bsp-1-7-gets-i-mx6-bsp-update/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/fsl-community-bsp-1-7-gets-i-mx6-bsp-update/ Wed, 12 Nov 2014 12:00:00 GMT FSL Community BSP 1.7 now has the 3.10.17-1.0.2 i.MX6 BSP update, with fixes to the graphics stack and to the kernel. https://ossystems.tech/blog/fsl-community-bsp-1-7-is-out/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/fsl-community-bsp-1-7-is-out/ Wed, 05 Nov 2014 12:00:00 GMT FSL Community BSP 1.7, Dizzy, is out. It supports 42 boards, and adds better Wayland, Qt5 and Chromium support. https://ossystems.tech/blog/freescale-3-10-17-1-0-1-i-mx6-bsp-fixes-are-available-for-yocto-project/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/freescale-3-10-17-1-0-1-i-mx6-bsp-fixes-are-available-for-yocto-project/ Mon, 01 Sep 2014 12:00:00 GMT The 3.10.17-1.0.1 i.MX6 BSP fixes from Freescale, with a fix for a GPU race condition, are now in the Yocto Project layers. https://ossystems.tech/blog/embedded-linux-development-with-yocto-project-book-released/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/embedded-linux-development-with-yocto-project-book-released/ Wed, 09 Jul 2014 12:00:00 GMT The first edition of Embedded Linux Development with Yocto Project is out. It covers Yocto Project 1.6 Daisy. https://ossystems.tech/blog/how-to-develop-a-hello-world-application-for-the-freescale-i-mx53-board/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/how-to-develop-a-hello-world-application-for-the-freescale-i-mx53-board/ Mon, 31 Mar 2014 12:00:00 GMT Make, build and debug a Hello World program for the i.MX53 board, with Eclipse and the Yocto Project plug-in. https://ossystems.tech/blog/fsl-community-bsp-1-5-announced/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/fsl-community-bsp-1-5-announced/ Sat, 26 Oct 2013 12:00:00 GMT FSL Community BSP 1.5, Dora, is out, with 34 boards from many vendors. The article lists each board, its SoC and its layer. https://ossystems.tech/blog/freescale-community-bsp-1-dot-4-release/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/freescale-community-bsp-1-dot-4-release/ Mon, 29 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT FSL Community BSP 1.4, Dylan, is out, with 19 boards from 5 vendors. The article lists each board, its SoC and its layer. https://ossystems.tech/blog/yocto-with-boundary-devices-nitrogen6x-5-steps-only/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/yocto-with-boundary-devices-nitrogen6x-5-steps-only/ Mon, 15 Apr 2013 12:00:00 GMT Build a Yocto Project image for the Boundary Devices Nitrogen6X board in five steps, from the source code to a running system. https://ossystems.tech/blog/openembedded-core-slash-yocto-layer-for-chicken-scheme-available/ https://ossystems.tech/blog/openembedded-core-slash-yocto-layer-for-chicken-scheme-available/ Fri, 20 Jul 2012 12:00:00 GMT We use the CHICKEN Scheme compiler a lot. Our layer cross-compiles it, and its libraries, with OpenEmbedded and the Yocto Project.