IoT Security Webinar and Paper, Hardware Versioning, Filter Design, Coding Standards, Lessons and more …

November 2019 – Issue #079

Dear *|FNAME|*,

Welcome to this month’s issue of Embedded Bytes! There’s a lot going on as we quickly approach the end of the year!

First, I’ve recently published a new webinar with Arm on IoT Security for Software Developers along with an accompanying Security Whitepaper. You can access those materials using the following links:

Next, I have pulled together several articles that I think you will find interesting. This months articles include:

Finally, November 18 – 22 I will be running a DesignNews Digikey Continuing Education Center course on Designing and Launching an Embedded Product. If you are interested in attending, please visit DesignNews.com to register.

Happy Coding,

Jacob

[email protected]

Jacob’s Blog

2 Techniques to Version Embedded Hardware

When it comes to embedded systems version control, I often immediately jump to thinking about the software. Software changes often and carefully managing those changes are crucial, but so is versioning the hardware. A small hardware change could obsolesce every version of software up to that hardware change. In todays’ post, we are going to …

Tools – ASN Filter Designer

Digital signal processing (DSP) has become an important tool in the embedded software developer’s toolbox. DSP allows a developer to modify a signal in ways that wouldn’t be otherwise possible. While DSP is often used in audio applications, developers can use DSP to create digital filters that can be used to remove analog hardware from …

7 Sections Every Company Coding Standard Should Include

Developing a company coding standard is absolutely critical to ensuring that every embedded developer is on the same page. A coding standard tells a developer many of the do’s and don’ts that they need in order to write legible, reviewable software that achieves the businesses desired quality level with the least number of defects possible. …

5 Engineering Lessons from Playing League of Legends

When I first started consulting ten years ago, there was an online, team-oriented video game called League of Legends that I used to play after work or during lunch. The game required some strategy, required implementing that strategy through tactics and also required some well-coordinated button smashing to be effective in team fights. Over the …

Upcoming Events

We often hear how important it is to secure IoT and embedded devices, but how exactly do we go about doing that? In this webinar, we will explore the steps necessary to develop a secure application starting with architecture design and isolation and ending with implementation.

We will look at the major components that need to be in place such as secure boot, peripherals, libraries, data storage and more. Examples and the demonstration will be done using the Microchip SAM-L11 TrustZone-enabled microcontroller.

During the webinar, you will learn:

How to identify Secure and Non-secure software components
Why and how to partition an application using Arm TrustZone technology
How to secure peripherals and manage the secure boot process
Tips for protecting secure data such as private keys

Click the link below to register:

Embedded Systems Courses

Real-Time Operating Systems Workshop Package

As we move in to the last quarter of the year, now is the perfect time to start learning the skills that you will need in 2020 to be successful. While there are several different courses that Jacob teaches, Jacob’s courses on:

have all now been packaged together. This package provides developers with everything they need in order to architect, design and implement embedded systems with real-time operating system. The course is offered as a self-paced online course with lectures given by Jacob Beningo and corresponding lab materials using an Arm Cortex-M development along with FreeRTOS, AmazonFreeRTOS and ThreadX.

To learn more about the topics covered, click the learn more and register link below.

If you are interested in learning about on-site training or multiple attendee discounts, please contact [email protected]

Technology Primers

Expert C Programming Techniques for Embedded Developers

The C programming language continues to be one of the most widely used languages in embedded systems design. Despite its popularity, C is no longer taught at universities and most industry courses just teach the fundamentals. There’s no good source for developers who want to take their C programming skills to the expert level in a practical way that can be used even in robust embedded systems.

This technology primer is designed to provide developers expert tips, tricks and insights about how to use C to build real-time embedded systems. The primer will include a weekly blog, expert tip to immediately apply in the design cycle and a monthly video that goes deeper on several expert topics.

To learn more about the topics covered, click the learn more and register link below.

Embedded Software Design Books

Reusable Firmware Development – A Practical Approach to API’s, HAL’s and Drivers
AVAILABLE NOW!

Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to improve your embedded software and benefit from author Jacob Beningo’s more than 15 years developing reusable and portable software for resource-constrained microcontroller-based systems. You will explore APIs, HALs, and driver development among other topics to acquire a solid foundation for improving your own software. Reusable Firmware Development: A Practical Approach to APIs, HALs and Drivers not only explains critical concepts, but also provides a plethora of examples, exercises, and case studies on how to use and implement the concepts.

Click here to learn more …

Interested in learning more? Visit our website to find out more about Beningo Embedded, or check out our blog to see our entire article archive – read past articles, search by category, and much more!