In the last lesson, you encountered the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), and you worked out a manual procedure of switching the context from one thread to another. In this lesson, ...

New coders, new challenges, and new architectures are loosening C’s hold—some would say C’s cold, dead grip—on embedded software. According to one recent study the fastest-growing language for ...

Instead, Ada was designed to be be a single language, capable of running on all of those embedded systems, that offered the same or better level of performance and reliability.

End Notes The “Embedded Systems Programming”magazine (the predecessor of this Embedded.com website) used to publish several articles about state machines every year. The most popular such articles ...

5 Tips for Choosing an Embedded Programming Language5 Tips for Choosing an Embedded Programming Language The language will depend on the type of software, the needs of their company, and the technical ...

Of course, once you get off the PC platform and start working in embedded systems [microcontrollers and the like], space and speed become very important. This is where assembly language is still a ...

Presents the organization and operation of a conventional computer, including principal instruction types, data representation, addressing modes, program control, I/O, assembly language programming, ...

Assembly language provides fine grain control. But it’s rarely used these days, with the exception of some operating-system hackers or 8-bit embedded programmers working on small modules. The ...

Prerequisites: Knowledge of and skills in microprocessor architecture and assembly language, microprocessor peripherals, digital design, and the C programming language is a prerequisite for this ...

Programming in assembly language -- getting down to the direct manipulation of bytes and even bits -- is gaining in popularity, according the latest ranking by TIOBE, apparently spurred by the ...