Category: Training

Bootlin training courses on NXP i.MX93 FRDM, and NXP Registered Partner status

NXP i.MX93 FRDMBootlin’s training courses, along with our freely available training materials, have been a cornerstone of the embedded Linux ecosystem for over 20 years. During this time, we have continuously expanded and refined our training portfolio, both to cover new technical topics and to adopt new hardware platforms for our practical lab sessions.

Today, we are excited to share two closely related milestones: the availability of our major training courses on an NXP platform, and Bootlin becoming an official NXP Registered Partner. These two developments reflect our long-standing collaboration with NXP technologies and our commitment to supporting engineers working with i.MX platforms.

NXP i.MX93 FRDMAs part of our ongoing effort to improve and modernize our training offering, our three most popular training courses are now available on the NXP i.MX93 FRDM platform:

These courses are available immediately, and the corresponding training materials have already been published and can be freely accessed on our website. As usual, the courses can be delivered as public online sessions, private online sessions, or private on-site sessions, depending on your needs. If you are interested in attending one of these training sessions, or in organizing a private training for your team on the NXP i.MX93 FRDM platform, feel free to contact us to discuss your needs or consult our training schedule for upcoming public sessions.

Beyond training, Bootlin’s core business is providing engineering services to help organizations worldwide design and build products based on embedded Linux. Over the years, we have supported a large number of customers using NXP-based platforms—including i.MX6, i.MX7, i.MX8, and i.MX9, across a wide range of topics such as board bring-up, Linux BSP development, Linux kernel porting and driver development, Yocto Project or Buildroot integration, secure boot, and more.

Our new status as an NXP Registered Partner formally recognizes this extensive experience and collaboration. It also reinforces our ability to support customers with up-to-date expertise on NXP technologies, from early platform evaluation to production-ready systems. Check out our NXP partner page for more details on our expertise and offering related to NXP products.

In this context, making the NXP i.MX93 FRDM board a first-class platform for our training courses is a natural step. It allows engineers to train on modern NXP hardware that closely matches what they use in real-world projects, making the learning experience more practical and immediately applicable.

Announcing “Embedded Linux Security”, Bootlin’s brand new training course

Embedded Linxu Security training from BootlinIt is no mystery that cyber-security has become a highly important if not critical topic over the past few years. This naturally extends to embedded devices, including those running Linux and open-source software. For many years, Bootlin has been supporting its customers in implementing security features in embedded products: secure boot, encryption, Trusted Execution Environments, and more. We also help maintain Linux systems over time through CVE monitoring, long-term maintenance, and regular upgrades of Linux BSP components.

However, Bootlin’s DNA has never been limited to providing engineering services where we simply “do the work” for our customers. Sharing knowledge and empowering engineers to build and maintain their own systems is at the core of what we do.

Based on this philosophy and our security expertise, we are excited to announce a brand new training course: Embedded Linux Security.

Bootlin "Embedded Linux Security" training agendaThis course covers a wide range of topics essential to securing Linux-based embedded devices: fundamental security concepts, hardware-enforced security mechanisms, secure boot, data confidentiality and encryption, key management, user-space security, measured boot, system maintenance, regulatory compliance, and secure update strategies. We have brought together all the key building blocks needed to design and maintain a secure embedded Linux system in a single, comprehensive course. You can review the complete training agenda for full details.

Our launch customer for this course is EBV Elektronik, for whom we will deliver the very first session in Spain mid-May. In line with Bootlin’s open-source culture, we will publish the complete training materials, free of charge and under an open-source license, shortly after this first session, adding them to the materials of our nine other training courses already freely available.

NXP i.MX93 FRDMLike most of our training courses, this one combines lectures with practical labs. The lectures are hardware-agnostic, providing knowledge applicable across platforms, with a natural focus on ARM-based systems. For the hands-on labs, we use the NXP i.MX93 FRDM, a platform offering strong security features and solid upstream software support.

If you are interested in attending this course, several options are available:

  • Join one of our first public online sessions, delivered by the Bootlin engineers who designed the course:
  • Organize a private in-person session at your location – contact us
  • Organize a private online session dedicated to your team – contact us

We hope this new training will be useful to engineers and teams working on securing their embedded Linux systems, whether they are just getting started or already tackling advanced topics. We also hope to see many of our readers join one of the upcoming sessions, and we look forward to your feedback on this new course!

Materials for our “Embedded Linux Networking” training released

Bootlin Embedded Linux networking trainingBack in April 2025, we announced the launch of a brand new training course titled Embedded Linux Networking. At the time, the course was still under active development, and training materials were not yet available.

Since then, Bootlin engineer and networking expert Maxime Chevallier has finalized the course and successfully delivered it to our launch customer in the US, receiving excellent participant feedback. With this first session completed, and in line with our long-standing commitment to open-source education, we are pleased to release the complete training materials under the Creative Commons BY-SA license:

Here are a few highlights from participant feedback on the first session:

The amount of information shared was incredible.

Maxime’s knowledge of the subject is outstanding. He presented the material fluently without simply reading from the slides. His English was excellent, and the content was clearly communicated.

Maxime demonstrated deep expertise and answered every question thoroughly. His passion for the topic was evident throughout.

Thank you for the training; it was very well done.

If you’re interested in joining this training, we offer several options:

We hope these freely available materials, along with the training itself, will be valuable resources for engineers tackling networking challenges in their Embedded Linux projects.

Announcing our new Embedded Linux Networking training course

Bootlin Embedded Linux networking trainingWe are proud to announce the launch of a brand new addition to our lineup of training courses: Embedded Linux Networking!

This training course is designed to provide embedded Linux engineers with a deep and practical understanding of networking concepts and their implementation in both the Linux kernel and user-space — with a strong focus on real-world embedded applications.
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Bootlin’s Qualiopi certification for training courses renewed

Bootlin Qualiopi training certificate, renewed in 2024For the past 20 years, Bootlin has been developing and delivering training courses on embedded Linux, offering unique features such as fully open-source training materials accessible to everyone for free, courses taught by engineers actively working on real embedded Linux projects—not just trainers with outdated industry experience—and meaningful hands-on labs instead of simple exercises.

As part of our commitment to high-quality training, we embarked on a rigorous process in 2021 that led us to obtain the French Qualiopi certification. This certification is awarded to training providers who adhere to strict standards in course organization, training materials, trainer selection, and more. While it enables our French customers to access public funding for our courses, it also serves as a broader guarantee that we follow well-defined processes to ensure a high-quality training experience.

This certification is not permanent; it requires regular renewal. A follow-up assessment takes place 1.5 years after the initial certification, and a full reassessment occurs every three years. In November 2024, we successfully renewed our Qualiopi certification. You can view our latest Qualiopi certificate, which is also verifiable online.

We take pride in our long-term commitment to training quality, which we believe is a key factor in the continued success of our courses!

Bootlin Training: In-person public sessions are back!

Icon from www.flaticon.comBootlin training courses have long been recognized for their quality and effectiveness. Before the COVID era, we offered in-person sessions either on-site at customer locations for larger groups or as public sessions at our facilities, bringing together engineers from multiple companies. However, with the onset of the pandemic, we transitioned exclusively to online training. Since then, we have resumed in-person sessions at customer locations, but public sessions have yet to make a comeback—until now.

We’re excited to announce the return of our in-person public training sessions! The first session will focus on Linux kernel driver development and is scheduled for June 16-20, 2025, in Lyon, France. This course will be conducted by none other than Bootlin engineer and Linux kernel maintainer Grégory Clement.

For participants who prefer an in-person learning experience, this session provides a valuable opportunity for direct interaction with our trainer and fellow attendees. It’s an excellent alternative to online sessions, fostering deeper engagement and collaboration.

Seats are available at the standard rate of 2100 EUR per participant, with a discounted rate of 2000 EUR per participant under certain conditions.

Beyond this Linux kernel driver development in-person public session, we have plans to also open in-person public sessions for our Embedded Linux system development, Yocto Project/OpenEmbedded system development and Debugging, tracing, profiling and performance analysis with Linux training courses. Do not hesitate to contact us if you’re interested. Your feedback will help us gauge interest and schedule these sessions accordingly.

Linux kernel driver and Yocto training courses now on BeaglePlay

BeaglePlayLast summer, we announced the availability of our Embedded Linux course on the BeaglePlay platform.

Today, we are happy to announce the publication of our Linux kernel driver development and Yocto Project/OpenEmbedded system development courses also ported on the BeaglePlay platform.

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Debugging, tracing and profiling training updated with new eBPF content

Back in January 2023, we announced the availability of a new Bootlin training course  “Linux debugging, profiling, tracing and performance analysis”, initially developed and taught by former Bootlin engineer Clement Léger. A year and a half later, the training course, now taught by Bootlin engineers Luca Ceresoli and Alexis Lothoré, is one of the most requested amongst Bootlin training courses.

Following the feedback received from many people who attended the course, we are happy to announce that a new version of the training is available and  now includes a whole new part about eBPF technology !

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Embedded Linux audio training course: materials published

Bootin Audio trainingEnd of June, we announced the availability of a brand new training course, Embedded Linux Audio, which is targeted at engineers working with audio on embedded Linux systems, and that covers topics ranging from audio hardware, audio support in the Linux kernel (ASoC, DAI and codec drivers, Device Tree representation), audio support in user-space (alsa-lib, alsa-utils, PipeWire, GStreamer).

We are pleased to announce today that the training materials are now available for download. This again shows our commitment to sharing all our training materials for free, under an open-source license (Creative Commons BY-SA).

This training course has already been given earlier this year to a private customer, and we are releasing the materials before the very first public session, which will take place on September 11 to September 14, and which will be taught by Bootlin engineer and COO Alexandre Belloni. If you’re interested, registration is open, we have a few seats remaining.

Bootlin Embedded Linux course now available on BeaglePlay

BeaglePlayEarlier this year, the BeagleBoard.org foundation announced the availability of a new development board, the BeaglePlay, centered around the Texas Instruments AM625 ARM64 processor. Bootlin has for a long time supported the BeagleBone Black as one of the hardware platforms used in the practical labs of its training courses, and we are happy to announce today that we now have added support for the BeaglePlay to our most popular course, the Embedded Linux system development course.

This means that participants to our Embedded Linux system development course can now choose to perform the practical labs on the BeaglePlay, experiencing a new and modern hardware platform, based on an ARM64 processor. This applies not only to participants choosing to purchase our course, but also to everyone else in the world, as our training materials are all freely available and distributed under an open-source license. The materials are all available on our Embedded Linux system development training course page:

We would like to thank Clément Ramirez who has worked with us on this effort of porting this course to the BeaglePlay platform.

“Bootlin is a leading provider of high-quality, in-depth Linux education. What amazes me is how much they not only support open source with outstanding teaching, but how much they stand behind the principles of open source by sharing their teaching materials and contributing to the open source projects that drive them.” said Jason Kridner, founder of BeagleBoard.org. “BeagleBoard.org shares these principles and that is why I believe BeaglePlay is an excellent choice. BeaglePlay doesn’t just run open source software, the hardware itself is open source with detailed documentation on the board and associated Texas Instruments AM625 system-on-chip, with availability to enable hobbyists and professionals alike from prototype to production. I couldn’t be more excited.”

Bootlin’s Embedded Linux course, like all our training courses, is available in 3 different options:

  • Public on-line sessions, delivered by video-conference, with a per-participant registration, and sessions organized at dates scheduled by Bootlin. See this page for more details, dates and registration process
  • Private on-line sessions, also delivered by video-conference, organized privately for your team, at the date of your choice. See this page for more details
  • Private on-site sessions, where one of our experienced engineers and trainers travels to your location, to teach your team in person. See this page for more details

In both our private on-line sessions and private on-site sessions, our customers are free to chose, among our set of supported platforms, the HW platform they would like to use for the practical labs, and this now includes the BeaglePlay. In our public on-line sessions, the trainer demonstrates the practical labs on one particular platform, but participants are able to reproduce the labs on the platform of their choice among our supported platforms.

With this new development, we look forward to continue our mission of helping the broader engineering community get trained on embedded Linux technology and expand the number of users and contributors to open-source technologies and communities.