The days of monolithic binaries are over
As the IoT market is slowly maturing, IoT systems are becoming increasingly complex and versatile. As a result, embedded devices are composed of distinct firmware components made by different parties working together, often running on multiple MCUs simultaneously.
This multi-party involvement has implications for how firmware is developed and updated. Rather than creating single binaries which are built and flashed to devices at once, firmware is constructed from multiple components. Each of these components can be managed and updated separately, just like cloud applications, allowing you to do what you do best. Whether it’s developing modem firmware, application code, bootloader software, drivers for sensors, or interfaces with hardware secure modules.
Let’s explore the opportunities of remotely managing multi-component firmware in IoT devices by using the LwM2M standard.
This article is the part of a series about OTA software updates for IoT devices. Read the first article here.
