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Space Grade Linux, Yocto, and Embedded Linux in Orbit With Tim Bird
Available on your favorite podcast platform.
In this episode, Tim Bird (Sony) joins us to discuss Linux in space:
at Sony on cameras, TVs, phones — and now Sony’s space work (Space
Communications Corp, the SLIM micro rover, and the STAR SPHERE satellite).
raw count thanks to Starlink’s 10,000+ Linux-based satellites.
currently an ELISA work group, targeting a standalone Linux Foundation
project in 2026. Delivers a meta-sgl Yocto layer with planned integrations
for Space-ROS, Core Flight System, and F Prime.
launch vibration, and no service calls — and how commodity hardware
(Ingenuity’s Qualcomm processor, Perseverance’s base station) is pushing
past traditional rad-hard designs.
radiation simulation, OTA updates at fleet scale (SpaceX Starlink), and
why AI workloads on orbit favor a general-purpose OS.
github.com/elisa-tech, and the BeagleV-Fire
reference board.
Pi, Arduino-based kits like CrunchLabs), blink some LEDs, and grow from
there.
Discuss this episode at our
community site.
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Available on your favorite podcast platform.
In this episode, Tim Bird (Sony) joins us to discuss Linux in space:
at Sony on cameras, TVs, phones — and now Sony’s space work (Space
Communications Corp, the SLIM micro rover, and the STAR SPHERE satellite).
raw count thanks to Starlink’s 10,000+ Linux-based satellites.
currently an ELISA work group, targeting a standalone Linux Foundation
project in 2026. Delivers a meta-sgl Yocto layer with planned integrations
for Space-ROS, Core Flight System, and F Prime.
launch vibration, and no service calls — and how commodity hardware
(Ingenuity’s Qualcomm processor, Perseverance’s base station) is pushing
past traditional rad-hard designs.
radiation simulation, OTA updates at fleet scale (SpaceX Starlink), and
why AI workloads on orbit favor a general-purpose OS.
github.com/elisa-tech, and the BeagleV-Fire
reference board.
Pi, Arduino-based kits like CrunchLabs), blink some LEDs, and grow from
there.
Discuss this episode at our
community site.
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