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Author : Luc Beaufils, Embedded Systems Engineer   Debugging MCUs has always been the key to producing high-quality code, but reliance on vendor-specific IDEs and complex debug server configurations can hinder a smooth development workflow. While VSCode has revolutionized the way developers write and debug code, setting up a debug session for MCUs can sometimes […]

Power saving has always been a major preoccupation in embedded systems, as by definition, they could have energy constraint. Of course now, energy saving is still on the heart of the discussions. Energy saving is always a set of compromise. In terms of system or peripherals availability, time to wake… In this blog, we will […]

The Yocto Project’s Five-Year Plan The Yocto Project is one of the most successful technologies to build reliable industrial-grade embedded Linux distributions. In order for the project to keep growing, the Sovereign Tech Fund has decided on a Five-Year Plan that shapes its stability and attractiveness for the years to come. These developments were carried […]

How to bring fully distributed and secure communication capabilities to embedded products and IOT (Part 1). Jami is a communication tool developed by Savoir-faire Linux. It is available for Windows, MacOS, standard Linux distribution like Ubuntu or Fedora and smartphones (Android and iOS). In order to give the opportunity to use Jami in embedded products […]

From July 28th to August 5th, one of our team members, Hugo Lefeuvre (also a Debian Developer on his free time), attended DebConf18, the annual Debian Developer’s Conference, in Hsinchu, Taiwan. During this week, Hugo spent time preparing and giving a talk about Ring, hacking on Debian packages, discussing free software communication and distributed networks with fellow developers and users. […]

Recently, our ‘AI Robotics Programming’ Team has delivered a proof-of-concept robot used to explore and map unknown industrial and residential spaces while identifying floor types. The robot (with the exception of its Roomba chassis) is fully built from open-source (OS) hardware and software components. The result is an elegant blend of genetic algorithms and neural […]

Savoir-faire Linux participated in the tenth edition of DrupalCamp Montréal, which was held this year at Concordia University. It was the occasion to catch up with a good proportion of the Drupal developer community in Montreal, to exchange ideas with other companies that work with this technology, and to have an overview of how Drupal […]

Push Notifications: A New Feature Added to Ring Project Push notifications are essential part of the effective end-user experience on mobile platforms. They tend to boost the app engagement and users find them useful and handy as they ease their communications. Although push notifications are widely considered an advantage for most apps, they are regarded […]

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