Microcontroller based systems are evolving to include multicore processing. Multiple cores adds a new design paradigm to embedded software developers and can make working with an RTOS more challenging. In this course, we will explore how to get started with multicore microcontroller based systems and how to leverage an RTOS when multiple cores are involved. … Continue reading CEC – Introduction to Multicore RTOS-based Application Development
Year: 2021
Announcing the 2021 Embedded Online Conference
It’s official! The 4th annual Embedded Online Conference is on the calendar for May 18 – 20, 2021. Once again this year, Stephane Boucher and I are joining forces to bring the embedded system industry a top notch event from industry experts around the world! For this year’s edition, we are delighted to announce that … Continue reading Announcing the 2021 Embedded Online Conference
3 Tips for Writing External Device Drivers
A major advantage to using a microcontroller today is that embedded software developers typically don’t have to write their own drivers anymore. It’s very common for the microcontroller vendor to provide software frameworks that abstract the hardware and allow developers to make simple function calls to initialize, read and write to peripherals such as SPI, … Continue reading 3 Tips for Writing External Device Drivers
5 Tips for Adding an Audio Codec to an Embedded System
The ability for an embedded system to play audio is becoming a fairly common feature. Audio provides great feedback to a user, but with so much high-fidelity audio available today, using beeps and chirps just no longer cuts it. Developers can certainly get decent audio out of a system using discrete components and a DAC, … Continue reading 5 Tips for Adding an Audio Codec to an Embedded System
Simulating Your Way to Embedded Software Success
As an embedded software engineer, it’s really easy to think that all the software for the product is reliant upon the hardware. Most embedded developers that I encounter want to get a development board right out of the gate and start writing software, including myself most of the time. It’s not necessarily wrong, it’s just … Continue reading Simulating Your Way to Embedded Software Success
Jacob’s Most Popular Blogs (circa 2021)
I thought it would be interesting to kick-off the year with a look at some of the most popular blogs on my website ( does not include DesignNews or other sites I blog for) that predate 2021. Obviously, the older content will have more views so it’s a light look at the past, but giving … Continue reading Jacob’s Most Popular Blogs (circa 2021)