With the rise of the Internet of Things and the proliferation of embedded devices equipped with an accelerator arose a need for efficient resource utilization. Hardware acceleration is a complex topic that requires specialized domain knowledge about the platform and different trade-offs that have to be made, especially in the area of power consumption. Efficient work offloading strives to reduce or at least maintain the total power consumption of the system. Offloading packet capturing is usually done in more powerful devices, hence scarce research is present concerning network packet acceleration in embedded devices. The thesis focuses on accelerating networking packets utilizing a Field Programmable Gate Array in an embedded Linux System. The solution is based on a custom Linux distribution assembled using the Buildroot tool, specially configured and patched Linux kernel, uboot bootloader, and the programmable logic for packet acceleration. The system is evaluated on a De0-Nano System on Chip development board through modifications to burst lengths, packet sizes, and programmable logic clock frequency. Metrics include packet capturing time, time per packet, and consumed power. Finally, the results are contrasted with baseline embedded Linux packet processing by inspection of a packet’s path through the kernel. Collected results provide a deeper understanding of the packet acceleration problem in embedded devices and the resultant system gives a solid starting point for possible extensions such as packet filtering. Key findings include an improvement in packet processing speed as the clock frequency and burst length are increased while maintaining power consumption. Additionally, the solution performs better when the packet sizes are above 64 bytes as the overhead of additional logic necessary for their processing is compensated. The project is also found to be significantly faster than regular in kernel processing with the caveat of providing just packet capturing whereas Linux contains a full network stack. / I och med uppkomsten av sakernas internet och spridningen av inbyggda enheter som är utrustade med en accelerator har det uppstått ett behov av effektivt resursutnyttjande. Hårdvaruacceleration är ett komplext ämne som kräver specialiserad domänkunskap om plattformen och olika avvägningar som måste göras, särskilt när det gäller energiförbrukning. Effektiv arbetsavlastning strävar efter att minska eller åtminstone bibehålla systemets totala energiförbrukning. Avlastning av paketering sker vanligtvis i kraftfullare enheter, och därför finns det knappt någon forskning om nätverksacceleration av paket i inbyggda enheter. Avhandlingen är inriktad på att påskynda nätverkspaket med hjälp av en Field Programmable Gate Array i ett inbäddat Linuxsystem. Lösningen bygger på en anpassad Linuxdistribution som sammanställts med hjälp av verktyget Buildroot, en särskilt konfigurerad och patchad Linuxkärna, uboot bootloader och den programmerbara logiken för paketacceleration. Systemet utvärderas på ett De0-Nano System on Chip-utvecklingskort genom ändringar av burstlängder, paketstorlekar och den programmerbara logikens klockfrekvens. Metrikerna omfattar tid för paketering, tid per paket och förbrukad effekt. Slutligen jämförs resultaten med grundläggande inbäddad Linux-paketbehandling genom inspektion av paketens väg genom kärnan. De samlade resultaten ger en djupare förståelse för problemet med paketacceleration i inbyggda enheter och det resulterande systemet ger en solid utgångspunkt för möjliga utvidgningar, t.ex. paketfiltrering. Bland de viktigaste resultaten kan nämnas en förbättring av hastigheten i paketbehandlingen när klockfrekvensen och burstlängden ökas samtidigt som strömförbrukningen bibehålls. Dessutom fungerar lösningen bättre när paketstorleken är större än 64 bytes eftersom den extra logik som krävs för att behandla paketen kompenseras. Projektet har också visat sig vara betydligt snabbare än vanlig kärnbearbetning, med den reservationen att det bara tillhandahåller paketupptagning, medan Linux innehåller en fullständig nätverksstack. / Rozwój Internetu Rzeczy i ąrosnca śćpopularno systemów wbudowanych ąposiadajcych wbudowany akcelerator ęsprztowy łsprawiy, że łwzrosa potrzeba na ich efektywne wykorzytanie. Akceleracja ęsprztowa jest ądziedzin nauki, która wymaga specjalistycznej wiedzy na temat platformy na której ma ćoperowa oraz wymaga śznajomoci potencjalnych komplikacji które ęsi z ąni ążąwi. Efektywna akceleracja ma na celu ęredukcj żzuycia energii, a przynajmnniej jej utrzymanie na dotychczasowym poziomie. Tematyka ta jest śćdo uboga pod ąktem ędostpnej literatury, żgdy zazwyczaj akceleratory stosowane do sieciowych ąńrozwiza ąs żuywane w ąrozwizaniach serwerowych gdzie ęąwystpuj innego rodzaju problemy. W pracy wykorzystany jest akcelerator Field Programmable Gate Array który jest ęśączci łpytki deweloperskiej De0-Nano System on Chip, gdzie łdziaa łąwspópracujc z wbudowanym systemem Linux, do którego przygotowania wykorzystano ęnarzdzie Buildroot. Na ńkocowe ąrozwizanie ponadto łskada ęsi łpoatane ąjdro Linuxa, bootloader uboot oraz programowalna logika ąrealizujca przechwytywanie pakietów sieciowych. ąRozwizanie poddane jest testom, w których parametry odpowiedzialne za łśćdugo transakcji typu burst, rozmiaru pakietu oraz ęśczstotliwoci zegara ąs poddawane modyfikacjom. Wyniki ąs przedstawione za ąpomoc czasu przetwarzania pakietu, czasu per pakiet oraz żzuycia mocy. Do oceny śefektywnoci ąrozwizania łżłposuyo żtake porównanie z czasem procesowania pakietu w niezmodyfikowanym systemie Linux Na podstawie eksperymentów dokonanych w pracy ęwysunite ąs ęąnastpujce wnioski: wraz ze wzrostem ęśczstotliwoci zegara oraz łśdugoci transakcji burst, czas procesowania pakietów maleje a żzuycie ąprdu pozostaje na dotychczasowym poziomie. Pakiety o rozmiarze ąprzekraczajcym 64 bajty ąs procesowane wydajniej w dostarczonym ąrozwizaniu poprzez ękompensacj dodatkowego łnakadu czasu narzuconego przez ęlogik ąąązarzdzajc przetwarzaniem. System porównano żtake do łzwykego przetwarzania pakietów ąodbywajcego ęsi w systemie Linux które łokazao ęsi zdecydowanie wolniejsze z żzastrzeeniem, żi ów system dokonuje łpenego przetworzenia pakietów a ąrozwizanie w pracy jedynie ich przechwytywania. Projekt stanowi ępodstaw do ewentualnych ńrozszerze, na łprzykad filtrowania pakietów. Wnioski ęwysunite łżąsu łępogbieniu wiedzy w domenie sieci wbudowanych systemów Linux oraz ęsprztowej akceleracji.

Panoramas or stitched images are used in topographical mapping, panoramic 3D reconstruction, deep space exploration image processing, medical image processing, multimedia broadcasting, system automation, photography and other numerous fields. Generating real-time panoramic images in small embedded computer is of particular importance being lighter, smaller and mobile imaging system. Moreover, this type of lightweight panoramic imaging system is used for different types of industrial or home inspection. A real-time handheld panorama imaging system is developed using embedded real-time Linux as software module and Gumstix Overo and PandaBoard ES as hardware module. The proposed algorithm takes 62.6602 milliseconds to generate a panorama frame from three images using a homography matrix. Hence, the proposed algorithm is capable of generating panorama video with 15.95909365 frames per second. However, the algorithm is capable to be much speedier with more optimal homography matrix. During the development, Ångström Linux and Ubuntu Linux are used as the operating system with Gumstix Overo and PandaBoard ES respectively. The real-time kernel patch is used to configure the non-real-time Linux distribution for real-time operation. The serial communication software tools C-Kermit, Minicom are used for terminal emulation between development computer and small embedded computer. The software framework of the system consist UVC driver, V4L/V4L2 API, OpenCV API, FFMPEG API, GStreamer, x264, Cmake, Make software packages. The software framework of the system also consist stitching algorithm that has been adopted from available stitching methods with necessary modification. Our proposed stitching process automatically finds out motion model of the Spherical camera system and saves the matrix in a look file. The extracted homography matrix is then read from look file and used to generate real-time panorama image. The developed system generates real-time 180° view panorama image from a spherical camera system. Beside, a test environment is also developed to experiment calibration and real-time stitching with different image parameters. It is able to take images with different resolutions as input and produce high quality real-time panorama image. The QT framework is used to develop a multifunctional standalone software that has functions for displaying real-time process algorithm performance in real-time through data visualization, camera system calibration and other stitching options. The software runs both in Linux and Windows. Moreover, the system has been also realized as a prototype to develop a chimney inspection system for a local company. / Main Uddin-Al-Hasan, E-mail: main.hasan@gmail.com

Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) has been the traditional approach for configuring and monitoring network devices, but its limitations in security and automation have driven the exploration of alternative solutions. The Network Configuration Protocol (NETCONF) and Yet Another Next Generation (YANG) data modeling language significantly improve security and automation capabilities. This thesis aims to investigate the feasibility of implementing a NETCONF server on the Anybus CompactCom (ABCC) Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) Security module, an embedded device with limited processing power and memory, running on a custom operating system, and using open source projects with MbedTLS as the cryptographic primitive library. The project will assess implementing a YANG model to describe the ABCC’s configurable interface, connecting with a NETCONF client to exchange capabilities, monitoring specific attributes or interfaces on the device, and invoking remote procedure call (RPC) commands to configure the ABCC settings. The goal is to provide a proof of concept and contribute to the growing trend of adopting NETCONF and YANG in the industry, particularly for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) platform of Hardware Meets Software (HMS).