Makefiles are a fundamental tool that every embedded software developer needs to understand. Even if you use an Eclipse-based IDE, behind the scenes, a makefile is generated to build your objects ...

Back when I first started in embedded systems, everything was about hardware. You had to get that board running, flash some LEDs, write a few drivers, and then pray ...

I have been working in the embedded software industry for a long time.When people hear the word "software," many think of applications used on PCs, corporate business systems, web services, or ...

Why it’s important to prevent bugs from making it into the wild. How AI is helping and hindering software development. How programming languages like Rust, Ada, and SPARK help when developing ...

Embedded-software technology appears to lag behind new trends. That's largely because embedded developers have a cautious, conservative attitude that comes from years of experience contending with ...

We would all like to deliver bug-free code, but that's not always as easy as it might sound. You can send press releases for new products for possible coverage on the website. I am also interested in ...

The last two articles have explored the five steps to designing an embedded software architecture. So far, we have seen a need in modern embedded systems to separate software architecture into ...