
%     Registration          Automated BoardFarm: Only Better with Bacon       
%  [2]Register/Submit Christian Holtje (christian.holtje@timesys.com)         

In this presentation, we will introduce the concept of  
a BoardFarm, a tool to aid in the development and       
support of embedded systems. Timesys had an opportunity 
to save time and energy that was being spent juggling a 
limited number of embedded boards among our developers, 
customers, and support staff who are spread throughout  
the world. We decided to build a system to provide      
remote access to the boards and to automate many of the 
tedious tasks such as running tests, booting the boards 
and installing software including the operating         
systems, board support packages and toolchains. This    
allows the developers and support gurus at Timesys to   
concentrate on the problem at hand instead of how each  
board boots or how a specific board needs to be set up. 

We will talk about why the BoardFarm was built, how to  
use it, how it works, and what it's being used for. We  
will also talk about ideas that we have for future      
improvements. Pigs were harmed in the making of this    
BoardFarm and were delicious.                           

