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Published inOct 2017
Reading LevelIntermediate
PublisherPackt
ISBN-139781785280009
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John Madieu
John Madieu
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John Madieu is an embedded Linux and kernel engineer living in Paris, France. His main activities consist of developing device drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs) for companies in domains such as IoT, automation, transport, healthcare, energy, and the military. John is the founder and chief consultant at LABCSMART, a company that provides training and services for embedded Linux and Linux kernel engineering. He is an open source and embedded systems enthusiast, convinced that it is only by sharing knowledge that we can learn more. He is passionate about boxing, which he practiced for 6 years professionally, and continues to channel this passion through training sessions that he provides voluntarily.
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This chapter introduced you to the RTC framework and its API. Its reduced set of functions and data structures make it the most lightweight framework and easy to master. Using the skills described in this chapter, you will be able to develop a driver for most existing RTC chips, and even go further and handle such devices from the user space, easily setting up date and time, as well as alarms. The next chapter, PWM Drivers, has nothing in common with this one, but is a must-know for embedded engineers.

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Published in: Oct 2017Publisher: PacktISBN-13: 9781785280009

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John Madieu

John Madieu is an embedded Linux and kernel engineer living in Paris, France. His main activities consist of developing device drivers and Board Support Packages (BSPs) for companies in domains such as IoT, automation, transport, healthcare, energy, and the military. John is the founder and chief consultant at LABCSMART, a company that provides training and services for embedded Linux and Linux kernel engineering. He is an open source and embedded systems enthusiast, convinced that it is only by sharing knowledge that we can learn more. He is passionate about boxing, which he practiced for 6 years professionally, and continues to channel this passion through training sessions that he provides voluntarily.
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