Getting to Market Faster, Evil Software, MicroPython, Project Fatigue and more …

October 2019 – Issue #078

Dear *|FNAME|*,

I can’t believe it’s already October! The year is flying by and with it I’m sure many of you are under pressure to deliver projects before the year is out. This month, I have pulled together several articles that I think provide a lot of value to you in regard to successful project delivery. This months articles include:

I was also recently reading some of Clive Maxfields’ “Max’s Cool Beans” blog on a new site he has created at http://www.clivemaxfield.com/. Below are a few articles he has recently written that I think you will find interesting as well:

Happy Coding,

Jacob

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Jacob’s Blog

The Top 5 Causes for Project Fatigue

Project fatigue can have a crippling effect on the project development cycle. A project starts and the development team is energized and dive in with positive fervor, but before long, the project stalls and seems to be going nowhere fast. There are dozens of potential causes for project fatigue, but in my experience, there are …

5 Advantages of using MicroPython for Embedded Software

A few years ago, in December of 2013, Damien George successfully funded a Kickstarter project that launched Micro Python. Micro Python is a “lean and fast implementation of Python 3” designed to run on microcontrollers. In an article on EDN.com entitled “Real-time Software using Micro Python”, I discussed the background of the language and the …

5 Tips for Setting Realistic Project Expectations

Quite a few companies and teams that I encounter have an expectations problem. They have unrealistic expectations for the time and effort that it takes to develop an embedded system. On the spectrum between pessimistic and optimistic, they typically blow past optimistic into the fantasy land zone. The result is often debilitating, stressful, late and …

7 Reasons Open Source Software can be Evil

Through-out my travels, I encounter quite a few development teams that seem to live by the adage, “The best software is free software”. The moment they hear the words “Open Source” the heavens open, the choirs begin singing and all thought about doing due diligence on the open source code is gone. That’s the direction, …

7 Tips for Getting to Market Faster

Everyone is in a hurry these days and embedded system developers are no exception. Development teams are racing as quickly as possible towards a goal or a delivery that isn’t just a moving target but may not exist at all! Fire! Ready, aim goes the mantra but what about teams that have a known goal, …

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Embedded Systems Courses

Real-Time Operating Systems Workshop Package

As we move in to the last quarter of the year, now is the perfect time to start learning the skills that you will need in 2020 to be successful. While there are several different courses that Jacob teaches, Jacob’s courses on:

have all now been packaged together. This package provides developers with everything they need in order to architect, design and implement embedded systems with real-time operating system. The course is offered as a self-paced online course with lectures given by Jacob Beningo and corresponding lab materials using an Arm Cortex-M development along with FreeRTOS, AmazonFreeRTOS and ThreadX.

To learn more about the topics covered, click the learn more and register link below.

If you are interested in learning about on-site training or multiple attendee discounts, please contact [email protected]

Technology Primers

Expert C Programming Techniques for Embedded Developers

The C programming language continues to be one of the most widely used languages in embedded systems design. Despite its popularity, C is no longer taught at universities and most industry courses just teach the fundamentals. There’s no good source for developers who want to take their C programming skills to the expert level in a practical way that can be used even in robust embedded systems.

This technology primer is designed to provide developers expert tips, tricks and insights about how to use C to build real-time embedded systems. The primer will include a weekly blog, expert tip to immediately apply in the design cycle and a monthly video that goes deeper on several expert topics.

To learn more about the topics covered, click the learn more and register link below.

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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