Your Embedded Software Newsletter …

February 2023 – Issue #127

Dear *|FNAME|*,

Welcome back to the Embedded Bytes newsletter! Your source for everything embedded software and firmware!

There is a lot going on early this year, so I apologize if a few newsletter are information overload. I don’t want you to miss out and figure you can pick out what’s important to you!

A few announcements for this newsletter issue:

If you are interested in user interfaces for embedded systems, the free webinar Improve Your Embedded Device Development: Effective UX and Back-End Collaboration might be of interest to you.

My next DesignNews CEC course will take place February 28 – March 3rd entitled Embedded Software using RUST. You can register for free here. You’ll need to login/register first and then click on each day.

The 2023 Embedded Online Conference is now open for early bird registrations! You can register for only $90 before the end of February! If you help us spread the word here you can save an additional 33%!

For this edition, here are the article highlights:

If there is anything I can do to help you and your team, please feel free to reach out!

Happy Coding,

Jacob

[email protected]

Interesting Industry Blogs

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Did you Know . . .

Beningo Embedded Group offers Software Architecture Consulting and Training

Software architecture design is a key to successfully developing platform software. Platform software is scalable, reusable, and portable code that can be used to launch a series of products with life times of as much, and more than 10 years.

You might be in the process of kicking off a new product cycle, or struggling to get your current product out the door due to your architecture design. If you or your team need help reviewing, or designing your products software architecture, I’m here to help and can be reached at [email protected].

Jacob’s Blog

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Embedded Design Books

Embedded Software Design

This book will teach you how to design higher-quality embedded software from concept through production. Embedded systems are typically designed using microcontrollers to build electronic systems with a dedicated function and real-time responses. Modern systems need to carefully balance a complex set of features, manage security, and even run machine learning inferences while maintaining reasonable costs, scalability, and robustness. This book is organized into three critical areas:

Software Architecture and Design
Agile, DevOps, and Processes
Development and Coding Skills

Embedded System Design starts with a basic introduction to embedded software architecture and the considerations for a successful design. We then break down how to architect an RTOS-based application and explore common design patterns and building blocks. Next, we discuss embedded software design processes such as TDD, CI/CD, modeling, and simulation that can be used to accelerate development. Finally, we will discuss how to select a microcontroller, write configurable code, coding strategies, techniques, and tools developers can’t live without. By the end of this book, you will have a defined development process, understand modern software architecture, and be equipped to start building embedded systems.

What You Will Learn

Learn how to design and build embedded systems in a practical manner
Understand what sound embedded system design is and how to employ it
Explore modern development processes for quality systems
Know where the bits hit the silicon: how to select a microcontroller
Master techniques to write configurable, automated code

Interested in learning more? Visit our website to find out more about Beningo Embedded, or check out our blog to see our entire article archive – read past articles, search by category, and much more!