Tips and Tricks – Debugging Embedded Software
Debugging is one task every developer wants to avoid but it is unfortunately a necessary evil of software development. When…
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7 Characteristics to Consider when Selecting an RTOS
Selecting the right RTOS is a critical step in any embedded software development project. Selecting the wrong RTOS could affect…
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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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CEC – Bootloader Design for Microcontrollers
Course Overview: The ability to remotely update embedded software to add features and fix bugs is a critical piece of…
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Embedded Basics – 10 Qualities of Portable Firmware
Portable Firmware …. is modular is loosely coupled has high cohesion is ANSI-C compliant has a clean interface has a…
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Tools – Kinetis-L Freedom Boards
Less than a decade ago it was difficult for an engineer to get ahold of a development board without doing…
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Using Conditional Complexity to Test Embedded Software
One of the areas of embedded software development that engineers seem to struggle with is testing. Engineers often get excited…
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Embedded Basics – Squirrel
Embedded software developers are familiar with C/C++ but with the Internet of Things, knowing just these languages is not going…
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Embedded Basics – Values and Side Effects
Many embedded software developers learn to program for embedded systems on the fly. The result is usually an informal introduction…
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Tips and Tricks – Learning to write portable code using ANSI-C
Embedded software engineers should be interested in writing production software that is portable and reusable. Societal demands for refreshing embedded…
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Embedded Basics – Peculiarities of the keyword const
The keyword const in C can at best be a misleading type qualifier. One would think that const would specify…