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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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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Tools – Optimizing Firmware using DRT
Embedded software development is usually performed under severe resource constraints not only from a business stand-point but from the microcontroller…
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It’s the end of C as we know it!
The C programming language has been with embedded software developers since its creation in 1972. Ever since then C has…
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Tools – 10 Must Have Development Tools
As an independent consultant, the advantage to having the right set of tools available for the job is only too…
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Tools – Percepio Tracealyzer
The behavior of a real-time embedded system is often a black box. Developers design their software, write their code and…
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Mastering the 8 Pillars of Embedded Software
Every embedded software program starts with a basic foundation from which the application is built. A successful application requires that…
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Tools – Promira Serial Platform
I hold a strong belief that in order to develop more robust embedded systems, faster and within the budget and…
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Tools – Embedded Software Start-up Checklist
Setting up a project the correct way from the start doesn’t have to be black magic. Successfully implementing quality embedded…
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Understanding Embedded System Failure Rates
Embedded systems consist of two very different types of failure rates; hardware and software. The probability of a hardware failure…
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Tools – AstroGrep
One of the problems with developing embedded software using a windows based machine is that there is no GREP feature…
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Tools – Selecting the right emulator
Selecting the right emulator for the job can be challenging. Many development teams try to either skimp by using the…