Embedded Basics – The Difference between Restart and Reset
When using an Eclipse based IDE to debug an embedded system, undoubtedly the reader has come across the reset and…
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Tips and Tricks – Jumping from the Bootloader to the Application Code Cleanly
Bootloaders are included in nearly every embedded system and provide a great way to update application code in the field…
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Tools – A First Encounter with the SEGGER J-Trace
Finally! I have a J-Trace in hand and I am ready to wreak havoc on those pesky software bugs that…
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Getting Started Writing Portable Firmware
Developers who want to reuse software have several challenges to overcome in order to be successful. These challenges include but…
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Embedded Basics – Callback Functions
Callback functions are an essential and often critical concept that developers need to create drivers or custom libraries. A callback…
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7 Tricks for Estimating Battery Life
One of the top complaints about electronic devices in our modern, mobile society is that their batteries don’t last as…
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The Case of the Missing Professional Software Engineers
Software engineers are everywhere! Software engineers develop the low-level firmware that drives our gadgets, the application code that allows us…
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Hardware In-Loop Testing
Hardware In-Loop (HIL) testing runs the test case code on the target microcontroller rather than using a mocked software layer…
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CEC – Designing IoT Sensor Nodes using the ESP8266
Course Overview: The IoT edge devices have embedded written all over them. Sensor nodes that acquire data and transmit them…
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5 Forbidden C Features that just might not be
Best practices and industry standards develop and evolve over time but they represent a snap shot of guiding wisdom. Best…
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5 Revision Control Best Practices
Every embedded software developer should be using a revision control system. I cannot even begin to quantify how much time…
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7 Reasons to Avoid Open Source Software
Blasphemy! Open source software is the greatest thing that has ever happened to the industry! It’s free! Why on Earth…
