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December 2019 – Issue #080

Dear *|FNAME|*,

This past weekend in the U.S. we celebrated Thanksgiving and on Saturday we once again mourned as the University of Michigan of Michigan football team was defeated by Ohio State. Despite the loss, there are still many things for us to be thankful for as we approach the holiday season.

In this issue, you’ll find several articles that were generated based on subscriber requests and feedback. I have an ever growing request list, so I thank-you for your participation!

This months articles include:

A few additional interesting notes:

There will be one more newsletter this month which will include several more blogs. I fell behind on my writing this year and want to make sure that you get a full years worth of content.
My online spring conference will be on May 21 – 22, 2020 so mark your calendar!
Use the code: EMBEDDED _HOLIDAYS at my online store to get an additional 25% off until December 20th.
There is a local FIRST Robotics club that is looking for sponsors so if your company may be interested please reach out to me for the connection. (They are looking any size donations).

Happy Coding,

Jacob

[email protected]

P.S. If you haven’t downloaded my IoT secuirty white paper or watched the webinar you can find the links below:

Jacob’s Blog

5 Tips for Growing Your Embedded Software Skills

Embedded engineers face many challenges when developing an embedded product, but one challenge engineers face that is often overlooked is how to maintain and develop their embedded systems skills. Society often expects us to be perfect and all-knowing, but the fact is we humans are far from it. It’s a well-known fact that people forget …

5 Roles for Python in Real-time Embedded Systems

Python has become quite the trending program language over the last few years. Named after the famous Monty Python comedy group, the language is object oriented and interpreted (not compiled) which has resulted in it being adopted on many platforms such as Linux, Windows, and on single board computers such as the Raspberry Pi. With …

Developing an Embedded Software Build Pipeline

One interesting fact that I’ve noticed about embedded software development is that development processes and techniques tend to lag the general software industry. When I first started to write embedded software back in the late 1990’s, the focus seemed to be on moving away from writing assembly language and adopting C along with the best …

5 Tips for using Open Source Software Successfully

In today’s product development environment, developers are looking to open source software to help them solve their design challenges more than ever before. Open source software has the potential to dramatically accelerate development and save costs, but as I often see in industry and with my clients, it can also become a thorn in a …

CEC – Designing and Launching an Embedded Product

Designing and launching an embedded product is by no means an easy feat. At every turn, development teams are faced with challenges ranging from business and marketing all the way through the design and implementation of the actual product. Today’s development environment can be extremely challenging given the rapid pace at which technology is advancing …

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

Getting Started with Embedded Security using PSoC 64 Secure MCU’s

This is a mini-course which includes several fundamental security pre-requisite lectures in addition to two primary lectures and labs.

This course includes the following pre-requisite lectures which include :

Securing Embedded Systems using Threat Based Analysis Methodologies
Cryptography 101

The core course lectures include:

PSoC 64 Architecture and Security Features
Establishing a Root-of-Trust and Secure Boot

The course labs include:

Secure Development Kit (SDK) and Toolchain Installation
Establishing a Root-of-Trust and Secure Boot Environment

This course also includes three Cypress CY8CPROTO_064_SB Discovery Boards for use during the secure provisioning labs.

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]

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 …

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