How Embedded Developers work from home, using labgrid

Embedded development is complex enough. By automating repetitive parts during development and employing testing, a lot of time can be saved and human errors avoided.

Additionally with an ongoing global pandemic, working from the safety of your home is a good idea. But since embedded development is usually a team effort, scarce hardware must often be shared and  can't be taken home.

At first the presenter takes a closer look at what is actually needed to fully remote-control an Embedded Linux Device: What are the typical interfaces that need to be covered? What remote-control hardware is commercially available?

Next the presenter will focus on the labgrid framework. Labgrid is an embedded board control python library with a focus on testing, development and general automation. After a short overview of labgrid's architecture, the presenter will show how it can be used to remote-control many  Embedded Devices in a (distributed) lab infrastructure and which steps are needed to get labgrid running in your lab.

The presentation will conclude with a short demo of how interactive development with labgrid looks like and how tests are implemented using pytest.