Dear *|FNAME|*,

Developing quality embedded software can dramatically affect product costs, time-to-market and even the developers stress levels. Quality software is often easier to maintain, reuse and port to new systems. Consistently developing quality software is a continuous process that developers and teams must undertake.

What are you doing today as individual developer, team and company to improve your software quality?

In June, I will be involved in two free webinars, one on software quality and the other on FreeRTOS with the STM32. I will also be speaking at Sensor Expo. To learn more about these events please see the events section below.

Happy Coding,

Jacob Beningo

[email protected]

Embedded Basics – Developing Reusable Firmware

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Tips and Tricks – 7 Tips to Improve Embedded Software Code Quality

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Managing the Heap Space in Micro Python

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Upcoming Events

Webinar: Embedded Software Coding Excellence

Webinar Overview: With the complexity of embedded systems ever increasing, developing a reusable, reliable and thoroughly tested platform upon which products may be quickly and safely brought to market relies increasingly upon establishing a solid “designing for reuse” mindset across the development team. This webinar will discuss the essential steps necessary to build high quality, validated embedded software and explore the issues involved in choosing whether to build, borrow (i.e. open source) or buy (licensed libraries) software components with sufficiently…

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Webinar: RTOS Fundamentals using FreeRTOS and the STM32

Embedded system complexity has reached the point where many systems require a real-time operating system. In this webinar, attendees will become familiar with the design methodologies necessary to properly schedule tasks in addition to understanding when and where to use mutexes, semaphores and message queues. Important concepts such as preventing priority inversions, deadlock and thread starvation will be examined. The webinar will provide hands-on demonstrations using the STM32 Nucleo boards with the Atollic TrueStudio toolchain and Percepio Tracealyzer. Topics Covered…

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Sensor Expo

Sensors Expo & Conference, June 27-29, 2017 in San Jose, is the ONLY event focused on sensors and sensor-integrated systems. Experience 300+ Sensors Exhibitors, Invaluable Networking, and 65+ Conference Sessions, including a full-day Pre-Conference and 2-day track on Sensors and Embedded Systems. Sessions I’ll be participating in include:

RTOS Design Techniques for Sensor Based Systems
RTOS Fundamentals using FreeRTOS
Mastering RTOS Debugging Techniques

Special Offer! Use code BENINGO for $100 off a Conference Pass or a FREE Expo Hall Pass. For more information, visit sensorsexpo.com.

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