CEC Courses on Debugging and Security, SWD Adapters, TrustZone and more!

December 2018

Dear *|FNAME|*,

The year is coming to a close quickly and with it, our last Embedded Bytes newsletter for the year! I hope that you have had a great year and look forward to continuing to interact with you in 2019.

This month, I have pulled together several articles that I think will benefit you and provide some new insights into a variety of embedded software techniques! This months articles include:

I hope that you have a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year and Holidays!

Happy Coding,

Jacob

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Jacob’s Blog

7 Tips for getting started with Amazon FreeRTOS

Nearly every company at this moment is rushing to connect their products to the internet. The IoT has become the modern-day gold rush only the gold is data. Companies are discovering that by connecting their devices, they aren’t only able to change to a subscription-based business model but can innovate their products in ways they …

7 Tips for getting started with Arm TrustZone

The new Armv8-M architecture from arm® with its Cortex®-M23 and Cortex®-M33 processors is quickly gaining steam in the industry. The Armv8-M architecture includes a new security extension known as TrustZone that will revolutionize and forever change the way that embedded software developers create microcontroller-based systems. Below are my top seven tips to help you get …

SWD adapters every developer should have

Even though SWD and JTAG have well defined standards, there are still several different size connectors and footprints that developers need to be able to support. It often feels like every programmer and every development board is using a different and incompatible connector and cable. In this post, I’m going to share with you the …

CEC – Securing IoT Devices using Arm TrustZone

One of the greatest challenges facing developers creating connected systems is securing their devices. In the good old disconnected days, developers only had to concern themselves with physical tampering but today, systems are also vulnerable to remote attacks that can result in device cloning, repurposing, intellectual property theft, data manipulation and many other potential issues. …

CEC – Jump Starting Code Development to Minimize Defects

Embedded software engineers on average spend 40% of their time removing bugs from their software. This amounts to nearly 5 months each year performing failure work, that is, work that was not done right the first time. In this course, we will examine what developers can do to decrease the amount of time they spend …

Upcoming Events

DesignNews CEC – Jump Starting Software Development to Minimize Defects

December 10 – 14
5 Sessions
30 minutes each

Session 1 – Errors, Defects and Bugs
Session 2 – Managing Design Processes
Session 3 – The Jump Start Development Process
Session 4 – Mastering Application Trace
Session 5 – Advanced Techniques

Technology Primers

Armv8-M TrustZone Technology Primer

In this technology primer, subscribers will get up to speed on how to design embedded systems using the new armv8-M architecture with the TrustZone security extension. This primer will consist of:

52 weekly blogs
12 monthly videos

Video Topics will cover:

Using an FVP to get started with TrustZone (January)
Designing a TrustZone security architecture (February)
Partitioning secure and unsecure memory (March)
Securely booting the MCU (April)
Executing secure functions from user space (May)
Debugging in a secure TrustZone environment part 1 (June)
Debugging in a secure TrustZone environment part 2 (July)
RTOSes in the TrustZone environment (August)
Using the MPU to create a process (September)
Using a secure kernel (October)
Secure firmware updates (November)
Certifying application to PSA standards (December)

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Embedded System Workshops

Embedded Software Design Books

Reusable Firmware Development – A Practical Approach to API’s, HAL’s and Drivers
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Gain the knowledge and skills necessary to improve your embedded software and benefit from author Jacob Beningo’s more than 15 years developing reusable and portable software for resource-constrained microcontroller-based systems. You will explore APIs, HALs, and driver development among other topics to acquire a solid foundation for improving your own software. Reusable Firmware Development: A Practical Approach to APIs, HALs and Drivers not only explains critical concepts, but also provides a plethora of examples, exercises, and case studies on how to use and implement the concepts.

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