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Environment Setup
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The development environment for |IOT-YOCTO| is similar to many embedded Linux development environments.
You need a **host** computer to develop and build the **binary image** of the target board, for example Genio 350-EVK,
and then program the image to the target board storage with a **flash tool**.

Depending on tasks to perform, the requirement of a host computer varies:

* **Build: Linux Only**. You must use a Linux host computer to **build** the |IOT-YOCTO| image.
* **Flash & Connect: Linux or Windows**. You can use either Linux or Windows host computers to **flash** the image to the board and then **connect** to the board for debugging and development purposes.

Please follow the steps below to setup your development environment on Linux or the flash tool on Windows.

.. toctree::
   :caption: Environment Setup
   :titlesonly:

   env-setup/build-env-linux
   env-setup/flash-env-linux
   env-setup/flash-env-windows