Embedded systems have changed a lot in the last 15 years. But until recently a basic building block – the C language – has not kept up. It’s time to start paying more attention to the newest C11 ...

Mention embedded programming and most will automatically think of C. But while it’s still the dominant language for the space, these days C has lots of company. The Internet of Things (IoT) is one of ...

This article is part of the Embedded Software series: Ada for the Embedded C Developer and the TechXchange: Developing High Quality Software If you’re a C programmer, then you’ve probably heard about ...

Apply modern C++ to that module. Use constexpr for configuration constants. Replace raw arrays with std::array. Wrap resource ...

AUSTIN, Texas — Embedded developers are slowly moving to multi-core architectures, but they will make the transition without much help from parallel programming languages. A lack, and sometimes a ...

When developing software for small microcontrollers, it is common to use assembly language in the final product. But there is still much value in prototyping the software and its algortihms in C. Here ...

Microchip PIC chip applications have traditionally been programmed using the MPLAB or MPLABX Integrated Development Environment (IDE) development tools. These coding tools allow hardware engineers to ...

What is the best language in which to code your next project? If you are an embedded-system designer, that question has always been a bit silly. You will use, C—or if you are trying to impress ...

TR 18037 programming languages—C extensions to support embedded processors—specify fixed-point arithmetic, named address spaces, named-register storage classes, and basic I/O hardware-addressing ...

We are working on an RFID-based bus-announcement system. We use Embedded C to perform operations, but we don’t how to incorporate the language extensions into an RFID reader. Can you please provide ...