Hi all,
I've worked developing and shipping software to embedded systems for 10 years and I testified the long software development lifecycle for this kind of application.
I want to point some challenges to implement continuous deployment in embedded systems:
Real-Time Constraints: Many embedded systems operate in real-time environments, where timely and deterministic responses are critical. Continuous Deployment should consider the impact of changes on real-time performance and ensure that the system's real-time capabilities are not compromised.
Resource Constraints: Embedded systems often have limited resources in terms of processing power, memory, and storage. This necessitates careful optimization and thorough testing to ensure that new code changes do not exceed resource limits.
Firmware Updates: Deploying changes to embedded systems can be more complex than deploying web applications or server-based software. Firmware updates may require special procedures, bootloaders, and mechanisms to prevent bricking the device.
Testing Challenges: Automated testing in embedded systems can be more challenging due to hardware dependencies and the need for specialized testing environments.
Based on my experience, I think that is very hard to implement CD for embedded systems, anyway, almost everything in tech is possible.
Do you code for embedded systems? Do you think that is possible to implement CD for embedded systems?
Cheers,
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