Embedded Basics – Selecting the Right Watchdog Strategy
Setting a watchdog strategy is easy. Just enable the microcontrollers internal watchdog timer and setup an interrupt to occasionally clear…
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Tips and Tricks for Watchdog Design
Watchdogs are a critical and important component in developing a robust and fail-safe embedded system. In many circumstances, I run…
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Tools – Enter the Smart Watchdog
The smart watchdog is a customizable, external watchdog solution that behaves similar to a supervisory processor except that its primary…
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Slowing Down to Go Faster
Speed is imperative in the business world. Getting to market before competitors, leading the way in innovation, the development cycle…
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Embedded Basics – Threads vs Tasks
The 32-bit microcontroller has been increasing in capabilities and decreasing in cost which has resulted in real-time operating systems becoming…
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Tips and Tricks – Limiting Function Complexity shall be a Requirement!
I have recently become interested in brain training applications that are designed to test and improve mental speed, attention, memory,…
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CEC – Getting Started Developing Professional Embedded Software
Course Overview: Many embedded software engineers get their start as electrical engineers who get hooked on twiddling bits. They get…
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10 Questions for a Successful Code Review
Over the years I’ve noticed a number of common gotchas when reviewing code. They’re there no matter what the size…
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5 Tips for Getting Started with the Renesas Synergy(TM) Platform
I have been exploring, tinkering and vetting my SK-S7G2 Synergy Platform development board over the past several months. I have…
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Tools – Partitioning Flash Space with the Linker
The linker is probably the least talked about tool available to embedded software developers. For many, the linker is ignored…
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Open Source versus Commercial Compilers
Using open source and free software seems to be engrained in the DNA of software developers. Given a choice to…
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7 Tips for using an RTOS
Real-time operating systems (RTOSes) have become a critical component in many embedded systems. Transitioning from bare-metal scheduling to an RTOS…