My May newsletter is all about system design and architecture. The trigger for my binge was the inspiring Software Architecture Workshop held by Ruth Malan and Dana Bredemeyer. I wrote two posts about the architecture of Qt embedded systems (more to come) and read the relevant parts of five books to understand the authors’...
Category: Embedded Linux
Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Single vs. Multiple GUI Applications
Our quest for a successful architecture of a harvester terminal continues. In this episode, we discuss when a system with a single application is good enough and when a system with multiple applications and a window manager is the better choice. Sometimes, a single-application system with a window manager is just the right choice....
Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Operating Conditions
Operator conditions like light, temperature, water, dust and vibration are a rich source for constraints and qualities of a system architecture. They affect the SoC, display and connector selection, the touch gesture recognition, the communication between system components, the cabling, the use of a window manager and more....
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 17
Until now my newsletter went out on the last day of the month. From now on, I’ll send out the newsletter on the first Monday of the month. On the Friday before, I’ll announce the contents of the newsletter on my blog (this post). This gives me at least one weekend to write the...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 16
The March issue of my newsletter went out to 325 people. Please sign up here, if you want to enjoy the full contents. The last three episodes are complimentary for your sign-up. My Blog Posts How to Set Up QtCreator for Cross-Compilation with CMake in 5 Minutes. A Freelance Gig. My current customer is looking...
How to Set Up QtCreator for Cross-Compilation with CMake in 5 Minutes
Setting up QtCreator for cross-compilation with CMake took me 15-20 hours the first two or three times. The next half a dozen times took me 4 hours on average. The last two times took me 5 minutes – using the script presented in this post. I can cross-compile the Qt application for my embedded...
Burkhard on Qt Embedded Systems: No. 15
The February issue of my newsletter went out to 313 people. Please sign up here, if you want to enjoy the full contents. The last three episodes are complimentary for your sign-up. My Blog Posts Showing Wayland Compositor Fullscreen in Portrait Orientation. News Call for Presentations for 2021 Qt Webinars and Events Now Open!...
Showing Wayland Compositor Fullscreen in Portrait Orientation
Our Qt embedded system is displayed on a monitor mounted in portrait orientation. The system runs the Wayland compositor Weston as a window manager. HMI applications are shown rotated by 90 degrees – in landscape orientation. The system toolbar of Weston is visible. How can we configure Weston so that the applications are shown...
Architecture of Qt Embedded Systems: Getting Started
Which system-on-chip is best suited for your Qt embedded system? Should you build a custom Linux system with Yocto, use a container OS or a desktop Linux? Should you use Qt Commercial or Qt LGPLv3? How will the system be updated? What are the operating conditions of the system? How does the system communicate...
Cross-Compiling Qt Embedded Applications with QtCreator and CMake
We change the code of our Qt application in QtCreator and press the Run button to try the changes on an embedded device. QtCreator cross-compiles the application, deploys it to the device and runs it on the device. QtCreator performs these steps in a breeze, because we spent quite some time to define a...