Every development team needs to make the decision as to whether they will design and build their software from scratch or buy software components. In...
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Creating an SWD Adapter for STM32 Development Boards (Part 2)
In the last post, we started to look at how we could design a simple...
Read More >>>Creating an SWD Adapter for STM32 Development Boards (Part 1)
Nearly every development board comes with a built-in programing tool. Depending on the vendor, it...
Read More >>>Tools – Real-time Application Visualization Using Tracealyzer 4.2
It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it...
Read More >>>3 Ways to Perform a Worst-Case Stack Analysis
Figuring out how to size the stack for an embedded application and the tasks within it can be challenging. In many cases, developers will pick...
Read More >>>Know thy compiler toolchain
An embedded systems engineer is only as good as their knowledge of the tools they use. Using the right tool for the job can drastically...
Read More >>>5 Dangerous Assumptions Embedded Software Engineers Make
Whether we like it or not, we all make assumptions that form the foundation on how we think about and design embedded systems. In many...
Read More >>>5 Trends from Embedded World 2018
Last week, I attended the 2018 Embedded World conference in Nuremberg Germany (February 27 – March 1). As usual, companies from around the world descended...
Read More >>>5 Reasons to start using C++ over C
More than a decade ago there was a constant debate and anticipation as to when C++ would finally eclipse C and become the dominant embedded...
Read More >>>7 Essential skills for firmware engineers
Having the right tools for the job is critical to success but in the hands of the improperly skilled, the result can be disastrous. Firmware...
Read More >>>Transitioning to a Modern Day Engineering Notebook
Engineers and scientists have always relied upon notebooks to document their ideas, inventions, progress and even their missteps. Some of the most notable engineers and...
Read More >>>Embedded Basics – The Arm Security Manifesto
Last week I attended Arm TechCon and a major theme through-out was embedded security. During the conference, Arm released their Security Manifesto which provides developers...
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