NXP Kinetis-L Framework Example
Developing your own drivers and API’s from scratch can be a time consuming but rewarding process. Fill in the form…
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Understanding Portable Types
One of the unique challenges of writing embedded software is that it requires the programmer to understand minute details of…
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State Machines with Function Pointers
Function pointers can be used for a wide variety of applications including the implementation of state machines. Just like any…
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Task Scheduling with Function Pointers
One of the most common applications for using function pointers is in task schedulers. Every embedded system contains some type…
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A Review of for Loops
Conditional loops are common in every programming language whether it’s designed for low level embedded development or higher level web…
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The World’s Shortest C Program
Every now and then it is fun to look at a very basic and fundamental example. Every programmer is familiar…
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An Introduction to Function Pointers
A critical tool when developing an embedded system in C is an understanding of how pointers work. Misunderstanding pointer fundamentals…
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Pointer Arrays – A Timer Driver Part 2
There are many advantages to using configuration tables to initialize an MCU’s registers. The most prevalent is that a configuration…
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Pointer Arrays – A Timer Driver Part 1
Pointer arrays are a useful tool for mapping peripheral registers to a driver. There are many advantages to using pointer…
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Using the Static Keyword in C
There are many topics in the C language that often confuse developers but the use of the static keyword seems…
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Creating Configuration Tables to initialize Peripherals
Microcontroller peripherals can be memory mapped using pointer arrays as demonstrated in the previous post. This method allows the peripheral…
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A few pointers – Part 3
The previous two posts have been exploring the fundamentals of using pointers from the basics of declaring a pointer to…