Course Overview: The software development cycle is always a mad dash to the launch date. Firmware developers have their hands full architecture, design, implementation and testing. Starting from scratch is a herculean effort that is time consuming and no longer possible in today’s market places. This course will demonstrate how to write portable and robust … Continue reading CEC – Writing Portable and Robust Firmware in C
The keyword const in C can at best be a misleading type qualifier. One would think that const would specify that a particular symbol is a constant but unfortunately that is not the case. The best definition a C developer can use for const is that it provides “read-only” access to the memory location that … Continue reading Embedded Basics – Peculiarities of the keyword const
that is the question. The use of assertions often confuses even the most experienced developers. Developers should be considering whether the expression they are going to ASSERT is a potential bug condition or whether it is an attempt to trap an error. An error in this case would be a run-time condition that should be … Continue reading Tips and Tricks – When to ASSERT or not ASSERT …