Case Study
Challenge, Approach, Outcome
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Challenge
A solar plant's central control unit collects inverter data and manages grid feed-in — requiring a tailored, maintainable embedded Linux platform.
2
Approach
Building, migrating and maintaining a customer-specific Yocto Linux derivative: U-Boot, secure boot, kernel, Squashfs rootfs, OTA updates and strict OSS license compliance, embedded in Docker-based GitLab CI pipelines.
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Outcome
The team received a reproducible, license-compliant Linux platform supporting reliable data collection and feed-in control across the product lifecycle.
Technology
Technologies Used
Details
Project Description
A central managing unit of a solar power plant, that is responsible to collect data from inverters.
The device is also connected to the electric supply mains and must therefor be able to manage power feed in.
The work focused on supporting the development of an embedded Linux utilizing Yocto.