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Board Farm Tutorial 2 (Work in Progress)

In this tutorial, you’ll explore how you can set up your board farm using Raspberry Pis as Agents and Nordic boards as device under test.

Topics covered:

• Ansible: To commision the Raspberry Pis
• GitHub Actions: to automated the build and test process.
• Self-hosted GitHub runners: Use Raspberry Pis to flash and test.
• GitHub CLI: To check GitHub runners
• Nordic Tools: To compile firmware, find and flash boards
• PyTest: Use Python for system tests

Prerequisites

• A Linux or macOS based host machine
• Two NRF52 Development Boards
• Two Raspberry Pis >= 3
• Basic shell experience
• Basic software development experience

Getting Started with Farming

STEP 1: Gather your Hardware

STEP 2: Create a Repository

STEP 3: Prepare the Agent Nodes

STEP 4: Create the Workflow

STEP 5: Develop Automated Test Scripts

STEP 6: Extend the Workflow

STEP 7: Monitor and Maintain Your Board Farm

🤷‍♂️ What's next?

Start the next tutorial: Board Farm Tutorial 3

Happy farming!

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