It takes the right software to bring a microcontroller to life. Beyond the usual firmware, in an embedded GNU/Linux system we have to deal with building the components of the operating system. In this article we show how it all works, and even write our first program in C! Part 1 - Kickoff Part 2 - Hardware Part 3 - Software development Part 4 - A look at the kernel Part 5 - I/O, ADC, PWM, LAN & Web server Part 6 - Networks and servers Learn more Watch the recorded session of the FREE Elektor Academy/element 14 Embedded Linux Made Easy webinar here