Upcoming Embedded Software Boot Camps
Earlier this week, Netrino announced the dates and locations for a pair of upcoming public sessions of the popular hands-on Embedded Software Boot Camp workshops. The dates and locations will be as...
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Embedded Software Boot Camp in a Box
Whether you are new to embedded software development in C or looking for ways to improve your skills, the Embedded Software Boot Camp in a Box will provide you the hands-on education you need....
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Embedded Software Training in a Box
I am beaming with pride. I think we have finally achieved the holy grail of firmware training: Embedded Software Training in a Box. Priced at just $599, the kit includes...
View ArticleDon’t Follow These 5 Dangerous Coding Standard Rules
Over the summer I happened across a brief blog post by another firmware developer in which he presented ten C coding rules for better embedded C code. I had an immediate strong negative reaction to...
View ArticleCombining C’s volatile and const Keywords
Does it ever make sense to declare a variable in C or C++ as both volatile (i.e., “ever-changing”) and const (“read-only”)? If so, why? And how should you combine volatile and const properly? One of...
View ArticleHow to Combine Volatile with Struct
C’s volatile keyword is a qualifier that can be used to declare a variable in such a way that the compiler will never optimize away any of the reads and writes. Though there are several important types...
View ArticleC’s goto Keyword: Should we Use It or Lose It?
In the 2008 and 2013 editions of my bug-killing Embedded C Coding Standard, I included this rule: Rule 1.7.c. The goto keyword shall not be used. Despite this coding standard being followed by about 1...
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