5 Tips for Developing an RTOS Application Software Architecture
Real-time operating systems (RTOS) are finding their way into nearly every IoT device. An RTOSes ability to manage low-level resources…
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5 Tips for Building a Modern Telemetry GUI
Nearly every embedded system I have ever built has required a graphical user interface (GUI) to monitor and display telemetry….
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Simplified Software Development using MCU Configurators
When I first started writing embedded software, nearly every project started the same. For the first 3 – 6 months,…
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One “RTOS” to Rule them All
It’s always nice to have a choice, but when it comes to real-time operating systems (RTOS), there are just too…
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7 Tips for Mastering Git
One thing that every embedded software developer, and hopefully every general software developer has in common is that they use…
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5 Best Practices for Utilizing Open Source Software
Open source software is everywhere and has the potential to help businesses accelerate development and improve their software quality. Achieving…
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5 Keys to Successfully Managing Legacy Code
I feel like there is always a big focus on developing new features, launching the next product or the next…
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4 Uses for Assembly Language
An embedded tip that I often advocate is that developers should avoid using assembly language. The reason for avoiding assembly…
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Book Review: MicroPython Projects
MicroPython Projects is a book for embedded software developers who are interested in branching out and learning how to build…
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Using Callbacks with Interrupts
On a weekly basis, I receive a fair number of emails with questions about how to design embedded systems. One…
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7 Steps to Create a Stack Monitor
One of the most painstaking bugs to hunt down in an embedded system is when the stack overflows its boundaries…
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5 Tips for Designing a Smart Watchdog
Recovering from a system failure or a software glitch can be no easy task. The longer the fault occurs the…
