In an era where device security and firmware integrity are paramount concerns, one engineer's innovative approach to bootloader development stands as a benchmark for secure embedded systems. Under the ...

There are few projects where embedded firmware developers have more time than they need for a project. In fact, embedded firmware development is more like a gas: they take up all the available space.

While things like the Arduino platform certainly opened up the gates of microcontroller programming to a much wider audience, it can also be limiting in some ways. The Arduino IDE, for example, ...

Embedded software is never finished. The software always requires some tweak, adjustment, a feature addition or bug fix. It is just the way the world works. A product could be sent back to the ...

Mobile phones, Digital Cameras, Portable Media Players and several portable devices are the fastest growing and most evolving products in the consumer electronics space. Instant boot-up is a key ...

A bootloader makes it possible to update a product’s firmware in the field. Common communication interfaces like UART, I 2 C, SPI or USB can be used to update the firmware, which typically involves a ...

There are a few different ways of getting firmware onto one of AVR’s ATtiny85 microcontrollers, including bootloaders that allow for firmware to be updated without the need to plug the chip into a ...

The main focus of Google’s new Pixel 9 series is on AI, with several new features taking advantage of the rapidly growing tech. However, if you unlock your bootloader, many of the Pixel 9’s new AI ...

Cameron is a self-made geek, Android enthusiast, horror movie fanatic, musician, and cyclist. When he's not pounding keys here at AP, you can find him spending time with his wife and kids, plucking ...

The AT&T Samsung Galaxy S4 ships with a locked bootloader, but that doesn’t look like it will stop users from freeing the Galaxy S4 and running custom ROMs on it. Dan Rosenberg, a well known Android ...