With college classes now back in session, I thought it would be a good idea to provide a few engineering tips for our up and coming developers. There are many … Continue reading 7 Tips for engineering students
Month: August 2018
Where oh Where are My Test Points!
For the umpteenth time in my career, I am debugging a prototype board that has exactly zero test points. I didn’t design this board, but have inherited it from a … Continue reading Where oh Where are My Test Points!
Writing a Multi-Port ITM Function to Improve Debugging
In “Improve Debug Efficiency with the ITM”, I discussed how the ITM on the Arm® Cortex-M processors can be used to quickly, and efficiently print debug information to a coresight … Continue reading Writing a Multi-Port ITM Function to Improve Debugging
Getting Started with Amazon FreeRTOS
As many readers have probably heard, back in 2017, Amazon announced a “new” RTOS, Amazon FreeRTOS, which is based on the popular open source real-time operating system (RTOS) FreeRTOS. Amazon … Continue reading Getting Started with Amazon FreeRTOS
Tools – Real-time Application Visualization Using Tracealyzer 4.2
It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it comes to debugging embedded software, a picture is worth a hundred thousand lines of code. … Continue reading Tools – Real-time Application Visualization Using Tracealyzer 4.2