Zephyr Environment

Example Workflow in Zephyr Environment

• Setup toolchain
  install the Zephyr SDK and required development tools like the GNU ARM toolchain or other supported compilers
• config OS
  Use Kconfig to enable or disable features like networking, Bluetooth, or file systems according to the device’s resource
• Develop applications
• Build and flash
• Test and Debug

Key Features of the Zephyr Environment

Real-Time Capabilities

Multi-Architecture Support

Zephyr supports a wide range of processor architectures, including ARM Cortex-M, x86, RISC-V, ARC, and others, allowing developers to use it across different hardware platforms.
This flexibility allows Zephyr to be used in a variety of embedded system

Memory-Constrained Devices

It can run on devices with as little as 8 KB of memory, making it suitable for deeply embedded systems like IoT devices

Cross-Platform Development:

Zephyr offers cross-platform development environments, with support for standard development tools such as GCC, CMake, and others (CMake in most cases + Kconfig)

Real-Time Threading and Scheduling

Zephyr provides a real-time thread scheduler that allows developers to assign priorities to tasks, create interrupt service routines (ISRs)

Security Features:

Security is a key focus for Zephyr, particularly for IoT and connected devices. It includes features like Secure Boot, memory protection, and stack guards. It also has support for trusted execution environments (TEE)

Device Drivers and Hardware Abstraction

provides a wide range of built-in device drivers and a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) that simplifies interactions with different hardware components such as GPIOs, I2C, SPI, UART, sensors, and more.

Networking Stack:

Zephyr includes a lightweight IP networking stack supporting various networking protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, IPv6