What you'll learn
Foundational Knowledge: Grasp the core concepts of the Yocto Project, including its architecture, components, and workflow.
Hands-On Skills: Learn to set up the Yocto environment, create custom layers and recipes, and manage configurations with ease.
Customization Techniques: Dive deep into customizing your Linux kernel, adding new packages, and optimizing your build for performance and size.
Real-World Applications: Apply what you learn through practical examples, projects, and tips on debugging and troubleshooting.
Expert Insights: Benefit from the knowledge of seasoned experts who will guide you through best practices and advanced techniques.
How to build a basic embedded Linux system image and add layers and recipes into a exist Yocto build
How to do a embedded software development and customize your embedded Linux system image

Requirements
Basic understanding what is a embedded Linux
Difference between CPUs and CPU architectures
Basic C language programming
Basic recipe concept
Better to know bitbake
Basic understanding what is cross compiler, and what does it do

Description
The Yocto Project is an open-source collaboration project that provides developers with tools, templates, and methods to create custom Linux-based systems for embedded devices. It's not a Linux distribution; instead, it allows the creation of custom distributions tailored to specific needs. The project is designed to make it easier and more reliable for developers to create and maintain embedded Linux distributions, regardless of the hardware architecture.
At the heart of the Yocto Project is the BitBake tool and the Poky reference distribution, but it encompasses various components and tools such as recipes, layers, and classes that work together to automate the tasks involved in building a Linux distribution. Recipes describe the software packages, including where to find the source code, how to compile it, and how to install it. Layers organize these recipes and can be used to separate the cross-cutting concerns, such as board support packages (BSPs), user interfaces, and applications. This modularity allows developers to reuse code and maintain a clean separation between different parts of the system.
The Yocto Project supports cross-compilation, enabling the development of software on a powerful host machine that can be run on the target embedded device, which might have limited resources. It also provides an extensible framework that developers can customize to include the exact pieces of software needed for their project, optimizing the size and performance of the resulting system.
Through this course, learners will gain hands-on experience with setting up the Yocto Project environment, creating custom layers and recipes, working with existing layers, customizing the kernel, developing applications, and finally, generating and debugging images for their target devices. The course will demystify the complexities of the Yocto Project, making it accessible and practical for developers looking to streamline the development of their embedded Linux systems.
Who this course is for:
College students/new graduates
High-level language developers (python, java, app developers). who curios for embedded development environment
Recent graduates with 1-2 years experience
Java script/web developers. who wants learn more linux development environment
Who are interested in gaining practical hands-on experience to use linux operating system
Anyone is interested in embedded development system
Anyone who wants in the end to make your own devices
Who wants prepare to an embedded software position interview , this will extremally for you