SimpleSwitch: an evaluation kit for Tria Technologies SMARC modules
Choosing the right SOM for your next-generation product involves evaluating the module’s performance and its ability to support your business applications.
SimpleSwitch emerges as a valuable ally in this journey, offering assistance in evaluating Tria SMARC modules. This evaluation kit indeed integrates the SMARC connector, containers, and hardware abstraction layers and is provided as a binary image. This enables equipment manufacturers to easily move their software and business apps between Tria Technologies (ex Avnet Embedded) modules, without modifying their source code. The integration of the VScode plugin and QtCreator (by the Qt Group) also streamlines application prototyping and development, eliminating the initial complexities associated with Yocto.
Go to production and ensure your system security with The Embedded Kit
While SimpleSwitch facilitates quick application development, the transition to production requires source code customization and the implementation of essential security measures, including firmware update capabilities.
This is where The Embedded Kit proves invaluable, offering off-the-shelf, secure software layers and tooling to accelerate the journey to production without any vendor lock-in.
The Embedded Kit software ecosystem comprises:
- A Linux distribution based on Yocto pre-integrating Tria Technologies‘ (and other SOM vendors’) board support packages (BSP)
- An over-the-air (OTA) update solution – robust infrastructure for secure and reliable firmware updates
- Quality and security assurance tools – automated testing and vulnerability scanning solutions to ensure robustness and security throughout the lifecycle of the products
- An IoT device management platform – to connect devices and get their data
- User application-layer examples – to help get started faster
The Embedded Kit’s support of Silicon vendors and SOM makers’ BSP enables equipment manufacturers to accelerate application development with minimal attention dedicated to OS maintenance.
Not working with Tria SMARC modules?
The Embedded Kit supports other SOMs.
Security: a must when you go to production
As impending cybersecurity regulations, such as the Cyber Resilience Act (CRA) in Europe, loom on the horizon, the emphasis on a secure by design strategy becomes mandatory. Long-term cybersecurity maintenance, including vulnerability management, takes center stage, making security a crucial aspect of the production journey.
The Embedded Kit addresses these concerns by offering a secure Linux distribution and a Software Composition Analysis (SCA) tool, both delivered with full source code. These tools enable equipment manufacturers to adhere to essential security pillars, ensuring compliance with industry standards:
- Minimization and less privilege: reducing software components minimizes vulnerability risks.
- Running only authorized software: secure boot ensures that only signed software can run on the final equipment.
- Secure storage: with a secure area for storing sensitive information
- Long-term security maintenance: with SBOM generation and CVE monitoring
SimpleSwitch and The Embedded Kit emerge as indispensable tools, offering a seamless transition for developers from board performance evaluation to secure production.
Catch the full conversation on SimpleSwitch and The Embedded Kit
Full talk: Cedric Vincent, Head of Software Development Lab at Tria Technologies, and Pierre Gal, Head of Product Development at The Embedded Kit, dive into their software solutions.
