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Device Management

Fiotest - part I

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Posted on Nov 1, 2020 by Andy Doan

6 min read

We've been using a tool called "fiotest" for months now, but haven't really explained the what, why, and how. This is the first part of a small series of articles to explain fiotest.

Posted on Oct 20, 2020 by Trina Watt

5 min read

Secure OTA updates and a unified software platform are the keys.

Docker Containers

How Devices Use Docker

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Posted on Oct 9, 2020 by Andy Doan

3 min read

A fairly common question I get asked is how Factory devices securely pull container images from our Docker Registry, hub.foundries.io. It's kind of interesting, so I thought I'd explain.

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Posted on Aug 6, 2020 by Andy Doan

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2020-07-27T23:52:33 UTC marked a milestone at Foundries, the 1000th build of the LMP was triggered. This got me nostalgic and I’ve put together a list of our "greatest hits" .

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Posted on Jul 7, 2020 by Ian Drew

2 min read

I was on a video call with a customer last week when they said, “there is only one F in Foundries” - I’m dyslexic, so I had to just spend a second or two to think about that.

OTA Updates

What's a Target?

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Posted on May 14, 2020 by Andy Doan

4 min read

A Foundries Factory is a unique new concept. Conceptualizing a Factory can sometimes seem difficult. I've encountered this enough to see a common problem - we are looking at things the wrong way.

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Posted on Apr 17, 2020 by Andy Doan

4 min read

Back in December, we laid out a roadmap for container orchestration. Then the dust settled from the Docker spinoff . What we now know is that Docker Apps is an inactive project .

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Posted on Apr 1, 2020 by Andy Doan

3 min read

Over the last month our engineering team has been working on a way to provide our customers an easy-to-use mechanism for managing on-device configuration.

Posted on Mar 5, 2020 by Marc Streeter

8 min read

Built on a vision that the latest software is the most secure, software updates are central to the FoundriesFactory security story. What happens, however, when software delivery is compromised ?

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Posted on Feb 25, 2020 by Andy Doan

4 min read

We strongly believe in the power of containers for embedded development at Foundries.io.