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.