While other programming languages maintained a relatively modest following, Python has emerged as an interesting alternative for embedded systems programming. Despite relatively low numbers of ...

What is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), and what does “real-time” mean anyway? What are the various kinds of state machines, and how to code them efficiently in C? What is object-oriented ...

A few years ago, Damien George successfully funded a Kickstarter project that launched Micro Python, a “lean and fast implementation of Python 3,” designed to run on microcontrollers. In an article on ...

The C programming language remains the mainstay for embedded developers. Find out how it has changed over the years. Dennis Ritchie started developing the C programming language (Fig. 1) in 1969 at AT ...

A digital revolution is sweeping all areas of life, thereby making our activities more innovative and powerful. Embedded software plays a huge role in the rapid development of the internet of things ...

Embedded software, once a challenge to write, update, and optimize, is following the route of other types of software. It is abstracted, simpler to use, and much faster to write. But in some cases, it ...

Analog and mixed-signal chipmakers are increasingly aiming to integrate analog signal chain with embedded processing platforms to build vertical solutions, and today’s announcement from Analog Devices ...

1. In a big company, doing ASIC design verification for a WCDMA modem for 3G cellular chips. 2. Small company, doing Embedded Software Programming. Working on the design and implementation of layer 1 ...

Most software developers will have received some kind of training or education in programming techniques. Others may be self-taught. But either way, many will agree that much of the real learning ...