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Inspecting and Editing Device Trees with VS Code

embeddedLinux15/09/202611 min read

Using a VS Code extension to preview the final merged Linux Device Tree while retaining the source of properties, nodes and overrides.

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Inspecting and Editing Device Trees with VS Code

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PARTUUID, UUID and PARTLABEL: When a Partition Has Too Many Names

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #5

embeddedLinux13/09/2026

PARTUUID, UUID and PARTLABEL: When a Partition Has Too Many Names

Converting a system to A/B root filesystems and changing UUIDs

8 min read

Embedded LinuxSTM32MP1U-Boot

Yocto12/09/2026

Building a Matter Light switch with Yocto: From a String of LEDs to Apple Home

A Lego house, a cheap Raspberry Pi Zero W and a string of LEDs led to a deep dive into integrating Matter with Yocto, from GN and BitBake to GPIO control, commissioning and persistent Matter state.

20 min read

YoctoMatterEmbedded Linux

Yocto11/09/2026

Yocto Cheat Sheet: BitBake Commands, Recipes, Variables and Debugging

A practical Yocto cheat sheet covering common BitBake commands, recipes, bbappend files, variables, packages, debugging and useful build paths.

18 min read

YoctoBitBakeEmbedded Linux

Resizing an Embedded Linux Filesystem on First Boot

TALES FROM THE TRENCHES · #2

STM32MP02/09/2026

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.

11 min read

FilesystemsYoctoEmbedded Linux