Yocto Project consulting
Hands-on support with layer architecture, recipes, BSP integration, image design, upgrades, migrations and build troubleshooting.
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Embedded Linux and Yocto Consulting Services
Silicon Blade Consultants provides hands-on Yocto Project and embedded Linux consulting for engineering teams developing and maintaining production systems.
Support ranges from focused investigation of a difficult technical problem through to longer-term platform development, architecture work and team mentoring.
Why teams get in touch
When embedded Linux projects get difficult
Embedded Linux and Yocto projects often become difficult because of build issues, integration problems, unclear layer structures, ageing BSPs, or platform decisions that have accumulated over several product releases. We work with teams to solve those problems and leave them with a platform that is easier to understand, extend and support.
Services
How we help
Embedded Linux platform development
Support for BSP bring-up, boot flows, kernel integration, device tree work, and platform architecture.
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Investigation of difficult build failures, dependency issues, packaging problems, and CI pain points.
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Review of your Linux platform, build system layout, and engineering workflow to identify risks and improvement areas.
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Practical guidance for teams building in-house capability around Yocto and embedded Linux.
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Focused training for engineers working with Yocto, OpenEmbedded, and production embedded Linux systems.
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Support for teams facing real delivery pressure
We typically work with engineering teams that need practical help, not generic advice. That might mean unblocking delivery, reducing technical risk, or helping the team become more capable with its own platform.
- Starting a new product based on embedded Linux
- Adopting Yocto or OpenEmbedded for the first time
- Inheriting an existing platform that has become difficult to maintain
- Upgrading an ageing Yocto BSP or moving between Yocto releases
- Dealing with release delays caused by build or integration issues
- Looking to strengthen internal capability through coaching or training
Expertise
Practical expertise across the embedded Linux stack
Our work focuses on the parts of Linux platform development that often create the most friction in real product teams: build systems, platform integration, maintainability, and team enablement.
Training
Yocto training for engineering teams
We offer practical training for engineers who need to become productive with Yocto and embedded Linux in a real development environment. Sessions can be tailored to your platform, your team's current level, and the challenges you are actively facing.
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- Introductory and advanced Yocto topics
- Hands-on examples based on real workflows
- Private team sessions
- Material can be tailored for your platform and goals
Articles
Articles and guides from real embedded Linux projects
Practical Embedded Linux and Yocto articles based on real engineering work, from build-system architecture and BSP integration to debugging, boot flows, image design and production maintenance.
TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #2
Resizing an Embedded Linux Filesystem on First Boot
Automatically expanding a Yocto root filesystem on first boot, from repairing the GPT through to resizing the ext4 filesystem.
TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #1
Debugging an OP-TEE Panic on STM32MP1
How conflicting OP-TEE Device Tree and ETZPC configuration caused an STM32MP1 to panic before Linux booted
.bbappend files in a Yocto Project
How to use .bbappend files in a Yocto Project - A brief guide
Talks
Conference talks and presentations
The location for conference sessions, meetup talks, guest lectures, and presentation material related to Yocto, embedded Linux, platform bring-up, and engineering practice.
Browse talksEmbedded Linux tools
Practical software for inspecting, understanding, and maintaining platform development workflows.
Software
Software
Tools created by Silicon Blade Consultants for embedded Linux and platform development.
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Hands-on embedded Linux experience
Silicon Blade Consultants is led by Iain Menzies-Runciman, an embedded Linux engineer with more than 30 years of Linux and Unix experience. The focus is practical engineering across Yocto, BSPs, bootloaders, kernels and the wider embedded Linux platform.
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Need help with an embedded Linux or Yocto project?
Tell us what you are building, where the project is getting stuck, and what you need to achieve. We can help with focused technical problems or longer-term Yocto and embedded Linux development.