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 lesson starts a new segment about Object-Oriented Programming (OOP) — an important set of concepts critical to understanding any modern software, not just modern embedded software. As usual in ...

B# (pronounced “be sharp”) is a tiny, object-oriented, andmulti-threaded programming language that is specially dedicated forsmall footprint embedded systems. Because B# has its roots in the C family ...

The C/C++ programming languages have long dominated the embedded systems industry, with very few other languages being able to find a foothold. While languages such as Java and Ada have certainly ...

Efficient coding has been an important subject for years especially for resource constrained systems running real-time applications. Most people take compiler optimizations for granted and do not ...

I've always been a fan of pot pie. Why have a chicken breast, a side of mixed vegetables, and pie for dessert when you can just cram them all into one neat little package? Besides, if I eat pot pie ...

The Ada programming language was born in the mid-1970s, when the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the UK’s Ministry Of Defence sought to replace the hundreds of specialized programming languages ...

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 ...

The US government’s report on unsafe programming languages has sparked significant discussions within the software development community. The report highlights the vulnerabilities associated with ...