Modern Firmware Development

A comprehensive guide to applying modern DevOps and software delivery practices to firmware engineering.

Vision

This project aims to bridge the gap between traditional embedded development and modern software engineering practices. We apply the DORA (DevOps Research and Assessment) metrics to firmware:

• Deployment Frequency: How often can we flash/release a reliable firmware build?
• Lead Time for Changes: How long does it take for a commit to reach a device?
• Time to Restore Service: How quickly can we recover from a bad OTA update?
• Change Failure Rate: How often do updates brick devices or cause regressions?

Getting Started

This book is built with mdBook.

Prerequisites

• Rust toolchain (to install mdbook)
• cargo install mdbook

Building the Book

mdbook serve --open

Repository Structure

• src/: The book content (Markdown source).
• examples/: Reference implementations for CI/CD, Testing, and Build Systems.
• tools/: Helper scripts.
• docs/: Meta-documentation about this project.

Contributing

Please see CONTRIBUTING.md for details on how to propose changes.