Petalinux is a modified version of the [Yoco Project](https://www.yoctoproject.org/). Petalinux was created and is maintained by Xilinx for their hardware platforms. [Here](https://support.xilinx.com/s/article/968413?language=en_US) is a good article giving a rough overview of Petalinux.
Petalinux is a modified version of the [Yocto Project](https://www.yoctoproject.org/). Petalinux was created and is maintained by Xilinx for their hardware platforms. [Here](https://support.xilinx.com/s/article/968413?language=en_US) is a good article giving a rough overview of Petalinux.
This project uses Petalinux primarily because it comes with USB/Serial/Ethernet drivers so we don't have to develop and maintain them ourselves. Not only that, but having Petalinux run on the CyDAQ makes it extremely configurable in the future.
