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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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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Ternary Operator versus the if/else statement …
When I’m teaching “C Programming for Embedded Systems”, I’m often asked whether the ternary operator should be used or an…
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7 Tips for using an RTOS
Real-time operating systems (RTOSes) have become a critical component in many embedded systems. Transitioning from bare-metal scheduling to an RTOS…
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Tools – Optimizing Firmware using DRT
Embedded software development is usually performed under severe resource constraints not only from a business stand-point but from the microcontroller…
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Tools – Percepio Tracealyzer
The behavior of a real-time embedded system is often a black box. Developers design their software, write their code and…
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Mastering the 8 Pillars of Embedded Software
Every embedded software program starts with a basic foundation from which the application is built. A successful application requires that…
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Tools – Embedded Software Start-up Checklist
Setting up a project the correct way from the start doesn’t have to be black magic. Successfully implementing quality embedded…
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Understanding Embedded System Failure Rates
Embedded systems consist of two very different types of failure rates; hardware and software. The probability of a hardware failure…
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Tips and Tricks – Writing Portable Code using Compiler Intrinsics
All preprocessor directives are not created equal. A developer will have different preprocessor directives available depending on whether GNU C,…
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Understanding volatile access warnings
Every now and then, an interesting compiler warning will pop that make developers scratch their head in wonder. One such…