4 posts tagged with “automation”

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Meet Balena at the Open Source Summit Japan 2023

header It's finally time for Open Source Summit Japan 2023. Open Source Summit Japan is the leading conference in Japan organized by The Linux Foundation. It aims to connect the open-source ecosystem under one roof, providing a forum for technologists and open-source industry leaders to collaborate and share information, learn about the latest in open-source technologies, and find out how to gain…

December 01, 2023 / 2 min

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Maximizing Resources in the Chip Shortage; How balenaOS Testing went Virtual

The global chip shortage that started back in 2020 is an ongoing global crisis. It’s the situation where demand for semiconductor chips & parts used to build Single Board Computers (SBC) way exceeded the supply available. It was a perfect storm that forced industries to either adapt or break down. The crisis did break a few things with a surge in prices, out-of-stock notices, and driving delivery…

March 07, 2023 / 7 min

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From PR to Release; OS Testing at balena

header Automated testing of balenaOS ensures that we can continuously deliver new features, address bugs, and support new device types in a timely manner. Here at balena, we utilize hardware-in-the-loop and virtualized testing. In this blog post we will give a high level rundown of the tools and pipeline that we’ve developed to achieve that! What is balenaOS? balenaOS is an embedded linux…

February 10, 2023 / 10 min

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Meet Sunlamp, an elegant LED automation solution using balena

There are plenty of automated LED projects on the internet, but this one is special to me as I designed and built it as part of my Labs Residency Program. I wanted it to be elegant and accessible for any maker out there. I'm excited to introduce you all to Sunlamp. Introducing Sunlamp on balena I'll talk through why I designed the Sunlamp in more details. You can also skip ahead to the tutorial…

March 24, 2022 / 10 min