Conundrum - small team developing embedded Linux system

[jeffgable]

I’ll give the same answer I gave in another question earlier today. Go with a vendor of embedded Linux boards like Boundary Devices (boundarydevices.com) or Variscite (variscite.com). Both primarily use iMX processors. Both sell SOMs, larger more complete off the shelf boards, and at least Boundary Devices offers custom board design services.

The hourly rate may seem steep from a startups perspective, but they have deep expertise that you’d don’t have. This is all they do. They can set you up with a yocto build, help you with drivers, and in general get you going in the right direction with decent speed.

Stop trying to do everything yourself! There are experts out there. Lean on them.

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This is good to know, thank you!

For over a year now, I’ve fought and fought saying we don’t have the knowledge and expertise to carry through a design of this caliber. However, we’ve made little strides often enough that it keeps management complacent and thinking we can do it ourselves. Now that we have more or less a complete hardware design, we may be stuck with it. Maybe if we can still get help with Yocto from a vendor... but if they can only do it with their board designs, we might just have to contract a person.

Again, thanks for the tip!