Embedded Basics – Don’t Forget about Real-time
Microcontrollers are becoming more powerful every day, causing many developers to forget the resource constrained nature that many are working…
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Tips and Tricks – 7 Tips for Meeting Real-time Deadlines
Embedded systems must meet their real-time deadlines in order to function efficiently and as expected. No one likes to press…
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Tools – The Device Firmware Update (DFU) Utility
Nearly every product requires a software update at some point or another. Whether it’s our cellphones, TV’s or even our…
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7 Tips to Accelerate Firmware Development
Embedded software development teams have a unique challenge before them; how to develop more and more firmware in shorter and…
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Embedded Basics – Selecting the Right Watchdog Strategy
Setting a watchdog strategy is easy. Just enable the microcontrollers internal watchdog timer and setup an interrupt to occasionally clear…
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Tips and Tricks for Watchdog Design
Watchdogs are a critical and important component in developing a robust and fail-safe embedded system. In many circumstances, I run…
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Tools – Enter the Smart Watchdog
The smart watchdog is a customizable, external watchdog solution that behaves similar to a supervisory processor except that its primary…
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Slowing Down to Go Faster
Speed is imperative in the business world. Getting to market before competitors, leading the way in innovation, the development cycle…
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Embedded Basics – Threads vs Tasks
The 32-bit microcontroller has been increasing in capabilities and decreasing in cost which has resulted in real-time operating systems becoming…
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Tips and Tricks – Limiting Function Complexity shall be a Requirement!
I have recently become interested in brain training applications that are designed to test and improve mental speed, attention, memory,…
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Tools – My Top 10 Favorite Embedded Software Books
I am asked quite often what the best resources are for staying up to date and learning more about embedded…
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CEC – Getting Started Developing Professional Embedded Software
Course Overview: Many embedded software engineers get their start as electrical engineers who get hooked on twiddling bits. They get…