Hardware abstraction layers (HALs) are an important layer to every embedded software application. A HAL allows a developer to abstract or decouple the hardware details from the application code.

Embedded Software and Hardware Architecture is a first dive into understanding embedded architectures and writing software to manipulate this hardware. You will gain experience writing low-level ...

Traditional verification techniques of code review and testing may be inadequate to find bugs or to prove that the code is safe and secure Autonomous systems, connected devices, artificial ...

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“Rocket science” is a term often used when referring to extremely challenging disciplines or fields of study which many people believe they could never make a living in, or even understand. Although ...

While the global media braces everyone for a recession, it has become nearly impossible to find and hire embedded software engineers in the embedded systems field. I can’t count the number of ...

Writing an effective driver time-out for an embedded system can be tricky. It’s tempting to assume that everything will work as expected, but that’s typically only the case in the lab. While ...

The first thing any embedded software developer does when they are told they get to work on a new project is ask for a development kit. A development kit allows the development team to get familiar ...

In this online engineering course, you will gain experience writing low-level firmware to directly interface hardware with highly efficient, readable, and portable design practices. By completing this ...