Farming Together: Building Open-Source Board Farms for Continuous Integration

Explore the concept of board farms in embedded systems development through this informative conference talk. Gain insights into the challenges and solutions of implementing board farms for continuous integration, deployment, and automated testing. Learn about Witekio's farm setup, including hardware connectivity issues and software platform integration with tools like Jenkins and KernelCI. Discover the speaker's vision for harmonizing efforts and creating an open-source platform for farming. Engage in an open discussion covering topics such as WiFi SD cards, libvirt, test frameworks, FTDI cables, USB hubs, and open hardware solutions. Understand the impact of board farms on open-source development and the potential for creating a standardized "lab in a box" approach for embedded systems testing and development.

Introduction
What is a farm
The reality
Our farm
Farm shelf
Challenges
Impact on Open Source
Diversity
Vision
Open Discussion
Introductions
Kevin Hillman
WiFi SD Cards
libvirt
ideas and requirements
test framework
board forum
FTDI cables
USB hubs
Open hardware
Board farm
Lab in a box