Embedded Basics – 10 Suggestions to kick-off a firmware project right
The demands placed on developers to get results quickly can result in critical steps being skipped at the beginning of…
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Tips and Tricks – 8 tips for squashing bugs using assert in C
One of the greatest bug-squashing tools available to embedded software developers is the assertion macro in C. Despite the power…
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Understanding volatile access warnings
Every now and then, an interesting compiler warning will pop that make developers scratch their head in wonder. One such…
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Tips and Tricks – 7 Tips for creating and using portable types
Writing software that is reusable, portable and will stand the test of time is critical to embedded software developers. Below…
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Tips and Tricks – Offload the I in IoT
Embedded software developers have a lot on their plate. A developer has to be an expert in hardware, sensors, communication…
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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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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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Tips and Tricks – Introduction to ARM CMSIS
Microcontrollers have become extremely sophisticated over the last decade and developing firmware from scratch starting with the reset vector is…
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Tips and Tricks – Taking Advantage of Templates
Embedded software developers have many different tasks that are expected of them in order to take a product from the…
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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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Tips and Tricks – 8 Reserved Words to Avoid in C
Just because a feature is made available to a programmer in their language of choice doesn’t mean that they should…
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Improving Code Integrity Using FILL
Developers like to believe that the microprocessor their software runs on will faithfully follow the program flow that they created…