How to Configure Zephyr RTOS: A Practical Guide to West, Kconfig, proj.conf
Getting started with Zephyr RTOS can be frustrating, even if you’re experienced with RTOSes. Yes, you can follow the Zephyr…
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Hardware Integration Is a Data Problem, Not a Firmware Problem
Every embedded engineer has wrestled with integrating a new chip or board that should have taken days but turned into…
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A Better Embedded Strategy: Flip the Stack and Develop Top-Down
Whenever you start a new embedded project, chances are the first thing you do is grab a development board. You…
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Getting Started with the New MCUXpresso SDK for NXP MCUs
Most embedded SDKs are bloated, tied to heavyweight IDEs, and challenging to integrate into modern development workflows. Simple things like…
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The Biggest Takeaways from Embedded World 2025
Last week, embedded developers, managers, and vendors descended upon Nuremberg, Germany, for the annual Embedded World trade show. Despite a…
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A Practical Approach to Integrating Security into Embedded DevOps
As embedded systems become more connected and complex, cybersecurity is no longer optional; it’s a fundamental system requirement. Yet, security…
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Transform Your Embedded Software Architecture with These Powerful Practices
Traditional embedded software architecture has been monolithic designs that tightly couple the application code to the hardware. As many learned…
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Design Cycle | Embedded Basics | Low Power Design | Optimization | RTOS | Software Techniques | Tools
A New RTOS Approach to Achieve Sub-Millisecond Timing Resolution
Have you ever worked with a real-time operating system (RTOS) only to discover it didn’t have the resolution to schedule…
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5 Reasons You Need a Release Build
I recently talked with a colleague about a blog I had published entitled “Mastering Embedded Build Systems: Exploring the 5…
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5 Surprising Ways a Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL) Can Transform Your Projects
Embedded software developers have typically avoided hardware abstraction layers (HAL) by claiming that they decrease performance and increase code complexity….
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5 Tips for Writing Makefiles to Compile Embedded Software
Makefiles are a fundamental tool that every embedded software developer needs to understand. Even if you use an Eclipse-based IDE,…
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5 Steps to Integrating Open-Source Software in Your Embedded Application
Open-source software is either viewed as a cheap, fast alternative to quick functionality integrated into an embedded system or viewed…
