Tips and Tricks – When to ASSERT or not ASSERT …
that is the question. The use of assertions often confuses even the most experienced developers. Developers should be considering whether…
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Tools – The ANSI-C Standard
The ANSI-C standard is probably one of the most important tools that any embedded software developer has available to them. …
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Embedded Basics – The difference of ‘ ‘ and ” “
Embedded software developers commonly interface with low level sensors and have a good understanding of how to work with signed…
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Tools – Open Source Circular Buffers
Circular buffers are a critical component to have in the embedded software engineers’ toolbox. Over the years there have been…
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7 Steps to Customizing printf with a Circular Buffer
The use of printf with an embedded systems based on a microcontroller has been generally not recommended as an industry…
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Embedded Basics – 5 Tips for using portable types
In order to reuse and port embedded software it is absolutely imperative that the code be written without any ambiguity….
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Tips and Tricks – An API for Interrupts
Interrupts play a critical role in a real-time embedded system but rarely is interrupt control ever associated with an application…
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Embedded Basics – Code and Data Space Demystyfied
When developing software for a resource-constrained system it is highly recommended that developers use metrics that track code, data and…
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Improving Code Integrity with a Stack Guard
Developing reliable embedded software comes down to planning for the worst-case scenario and ensuring that there are guards and traps…
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Design News CEC – Baremetal C Programming for Embedded Systems
Course Overview: The C programming language is one of the most widely used and successful computer programming languages of all…
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Embedded Basics – Understanding the Microcontroller Boot Process
One of the most overlooked processes in embedded software development is the microcontroller boot process. The reason for this is…
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Embedded Basics – A few Array Misconceptions
Arrays are one of the most widely used data objects in C, yet, as it would turn out there are…