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Ask HN: How to do continuous integration / delivery of embedded software?
5 points by cyber_dude 3471 days ago
I am an embedded software engineer working for a company which does warehouse automation using autonomous mobile robots.

Though the high level stack is in Erlang, most of the software I write is on C for ARM, AVR and MSP430. These are bare metal codes(no Linux/RTOS layer) which implement anything from a basic driver to complex algorithms. How to make a simple continuous build or delivery system for such software?
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JoachimSchipper 3470 days ago
First ensure you can build in one command, and program in one more. Then move to a server with attached development board - you'll likely want an network-controlled power switch (which you can get in a rackmountable form). Do not use USB-to-serial for any connection that needs to work (e.g. when programming) - get a PCI card instead.

If desired, Jenkins works fine as orchestration.

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YuriNiyazov 3471 days ago
Install the ARM compiler on CircleCI?
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