The tools and techniques developers use to design and build their systems can make the difference between success and failure. Tools and techniques are constantly evolving and to stay relevant and beat out the competition, it’s critical to be up to date on the latest and greatest. In this course, we will explore a wide … Continue reading CEC- Embedded Software Development Tools and Techniques
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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 developing, shipping, and running applications[1]”. The major advantage that docker provides developers is that it can separate the applications from the infrastructure that it is running on by building the environment in a container. The … Continue reading Introduction to Docker for Embedded Software Developers
Embedded Development using Visual Studio Code
Several years ago, I never would have believed that embedded developers would use a tool like Visual Studio Code. Using a Microsoft product to develop embedded software seems ridiculous. Yet, I find myself using Visual Studio Code for development more than I use any other integrated development environment! In this post, I’ll share a little … Continue reading Embedded Development using Visual Studio Code
Programming the STM32 Option Bytes using SEGGER J-Flash
Nearly every microcontroller contains option bytes, fuses, or some method to control general settings on the processor. These settings often control features such as whether debugging is enabled or disabled, flash can be written or read, and even how the processor will boot. In this post, we will explore how to program the STM32 option … Continue reading Programming the STM32 Option Bytes using SEGGER J-Flash
The Siglent SDG 2042X Arbitrary Waveform Generator
First off, this is not an ad or paid blog. I was recently working on a project where I needed to generate several different waveforms simultaneously and my old, trusted and true GW Instek SFG-2110 Synthesized Function Generator just wasn’t going to do the trick. I considered using MicroPython and slapping some FETs on the … Continue reading The Siglent SDG 2042X Arbitrary Waveform Generator
Tools – STM32Cube.AI
Machine Learning has the embedded systems industry buzzing as new tools and capabilities become available for us developers to implement in our systems. Machine Learning on Arm Cortex-M type microcontrollers is still relatively new, but there are some very interesting tools available that make it easier for developers to integrate a trained model into their … Continue reading Tools – STM32Cube.AI
Cyclomatic Complexity Measurements with pmccabe
A common question that I often receive is “What McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity tools should I use?” Now this is always a partially loaded question because while there are quite a few out there that I really like, most developers are really asking what free tools I can recommend to them. One of my favorite ones … Continue reading Cyclomatic Complexity Measurements with pmccabe
5 Reasons the ESP32 is an Intriguing Solution for the IoT
The ESP32 from Espressif has been around for quite a few years now. For many of those years the ESP32 seemed to have the reputation that it was a low-cost maker module for hobbyist and developers interested in one-off projects. Over the past year I’ve seen the ESP32 not only designed into several production systems … Continue reading 5 Reasons the ESP32 is an Intriguing Solution for the IoT
ASN Filter Designer
Digital signal processing (DSP) has become an important tool in the embedded software developer’s toolbox. DSP allows a developer to modify a signal in ways that wouldn’t be otherwise possible. While DSP is often used in audio applications, developers can use DSP to create digital filters that can be used to remove analog hardware from … Continue reading ASN Filter Designer
The MicroPython Pyboard Series-D Module
MicroPython has been an interesting project to watch over the last few years. If you’ve not heard of it, MicroPython is an open source project to port Python to run in a real-time, microcontroller-based environment. The ports typically are for Arm Cortex-M processors but there are several ports that run other architectures from Microchip and … Continue reading The MicroPython Pyboard Series-D Module