An embedded systems developer looking to build a workbench could spend tens of thousands of dollars on test equipment, development boards and miscellaneous tools. Unfortunately, most equipment just sits on the bench collecting dust and is rarely if ever used. Let’s examine the core tools that every developer needs to build an embedded workbench on … Continue reading Tips and Tricks – Build an Embedded Workbench for less than $1000
I hold a strong belief that in order to develop more robust embedded systems, faster and within the budget and time limitations placed on many development teams today requires a cutting edge and adaptable tool set. One of the tools that I have found to be one of my most trusted and often used tools … Continue reading Tools – Promira Serial Platform
Developing a firmware feature can sometimes be painful but writing the same features over and over again is hell on Earth. Most developers want to work on new cutting edge features rather than do the same work repeatedly. A focus on developing portable firmware can help alleviate the issue but in resource constrained systems, the … Continue reading Writing Portable Optimizations in C
Debugging an embedded system is a necessary evil. Debugging can range from very simple bugs that take nearly no time at all to debug all the way through some of the most complex and frustrating bugs known to man. There are four different categories that any embedded software bug falls into and while some of … Continue reading Embedded Basics – Classifying Software Bugs