The development of embedded software is becoming increasingly complex. Thanks to more powerful microcontrollers, networking and higher demands on security and reliability, firmware projects often ...

A new microcontroller (MCU) from Freescale Semiconductor aims to simplify embedded software development for both experienced engineers and novices alike. The MCU, which includes software and tools ...

Test-driven development in the embedded world is not only possible, it also makes sense. Early tests and successive implementation of the functionality can uncover errors at an early stage. In ...

The burgeoning workloads of embedded systems development teams means reuse of software code, hardware and hardware IP is increasingly the norm, and the use of development boards in embedded design is ...

At the start of the year, I highlighted key trends in 5 Embedded Software Trends to Watch in 2024, predicting the forces shaping the industry. As the year unfolded, many of these trends indeed drove ...

Qualcomm's acquisition gives it access to millions of developers in the Arduino ecosystem while also supporting its platform strategy for embedded devices, which now extends across hardware, software, ...

Enabling a closed-loop behavioral representation of a vehicle’s software and hardware systems for continuous validation throughout the product lifecycle. The rising intelligence and connectivity of ...

Everyday there are new devices appearing in homes, offices, hospitals, factories and thousands of other places that are part of the Internet-of-Things (IoT). Clearly, they need to be connected to the ...

If you need to store some data on a resource-constrained embedded platform, the prospect of dragging in a dependency for something like FAT filesystem access to flash or other storage medium can seem ...