SEGGER Flasher SDK: Build Custom Production Test Apps
Every production line has a bottleneck hiding in plain sight. The board gets programmed at one station, moved to another…
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RTEdbg: Open-Source Data Logging and Tracing for Embedded Systems
Every embedded engineer has a printf story. You add a quick debug statement, rebuild, flash, and suddenly the timing bug…
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Bootloaders | Bug of the Week | Defect Management (Debugging) | Design Cycle | Embedded Basics | Prototyping | Software | Software Techniques | Testing | Tips and Tricks | Tools
Firmware Update Failure: Why Devices Must Fail Gracefully
A firmware update failure is a major project red flag. Yet, most firmware engineers think the goal of an update…
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C Concepts | Design Cycle | Embedded Basics | Optimization | Software Techniques | Testing | Tips and Tricks | Tools
Cyclomatic Complexity: The Most Overlooked Firmware Metric
In embedded software development, Cyclomatic Complexity is one of the most overlooked metrics. Yet, it’s one of the most powerful…
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Defect Management (Debugging) | Design Cycle | Embedded Basics | Optimization | Platforms | Safety | Security | Testing | Tools
DIY vs Buy: A Short Guide on Toolchain Validation for Functional Safety
When most people think about functional safety, the first image that comes to mind is hardware redundancy: That stuff is…
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Mastering Embedded Build Systems: Exploring the 5 Essential Configurations
If you’ve ever developed embedded software, you know typical embedded build systems have just two build configurations: debug and release….
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4 Tactics to Unit Test RTOS Tasks
More than 50% of all embedded software projects use Real-time Operating Systems (RTOS). Unfortunately, using an RTOS can pose several…
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Consulting | Defect Management (Debugging) | Design Cycle | Embedded Basics | Software | Software Techniques | Testing | Tips and Tricks
3 Tips for Evaluating your Codes Quality
One of the biggest impediments to delivering embedded software in a timely manner is the codes structural quality. Code quality…
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Getting Started with Cpputest for Embedded Applications
Unit testing application code in embedded applications is a fundamental need that embedded developers often overlook. At first, glance, getting…
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Design Cycle | Testing | Tools
Embedded Software Development using Gitlab
One of my favorite tools for managing embedded DevOps is Gitlab. Embedded software teams across the globe are starting to…
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Design Cycle | Platforms | Software | Testing | Tools
Introduction to Docker for Embedded Software Developers
Over the last several years, Docker has taken the software industry by storm. Docker provides developers an “open platform for…
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3 Tips for Unit Testing Embedded Software
How do you know that your software is working the way that it is supposed to? You test it! The…
