by Miro Samek

An overview of state-machine fundamentals and guidelines for coding state machines in C or C++.

by Miro Samek

Metaphors and analogies can be valuable tools for learning new software concepts and tapping subject matter expertise during embedded software development.

by Miro Samek

What is the Design by Contract programming philosophy, what can it do for you, and why should all embedded software developers care?

by Michael Wilk and Michael Barr

An object-oriented framework can be used to create safe, testable and tunable motion control systems.

Writing the software to handle motion control is a critical job on any real-time system design project. Safety is of the utmost importance. And, of course, it is also important that the code work precisely and allow for testing and performance tuning. An object-oriented framework can be used to create safe, testable and tunable motion control systems.

by Michael Barr

This next installment of enforceable coding standards for embedded systems offers bug-killing rules for using certain C keywords and naming global variables.

by Michael Barr

A C coding standard can help keep bugs out of embedded software by leveraging common language features and development tools.

by Miro Samek

The formalism of Hierarchical State Machines (aka statecharts) makes the state machine approach truly applicable to real-life embedded systems.

by Miro Samek

State machines are perhaps the most effective method for developing robust event-driven code for embedded systems.

by Miro Samek

Rethinking basic programming techniques can avoid many of the problems that heap-based memory management poses for embedded real-time system designs.

by Gary Stringham

These built-in troubleshooting resources for DMA controllers can pave the way for smoother firmware integration.