What challenges do embedded systems developers encounter?
Developers face challenges that are unique to the embedded market or Linux specific, including wasting valuable time getting hardware up and running, vendor-lock in, managing the constantly changing open source landscape, and finding the right information to get the job done. • Wasted time – Systems developers waste time getting up and running, including experimenting with alternative solutions, integrating open source software, enabling hardware, booting up systems and enabling features. • One way path: No turning back – Developers find themselves constrained, locked into early software choices, unable to fully leverage the power of the open source community, and without the right tools to customize the software to their specific application requirements. • Overwhelming amount of data – Embedded Linux development is information intensive and finding assistance from documents, the Internet, or software experts who can help answer specific hardware and software questions is a challenge.
