Best practices in embedded systems programming
Throughout the years, engineers and editors have debated best practices in embedded systems programming. Here's a collection of best practices: do they still stand the test of time?
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Combining C's volatile and const keywords
20 comments 24 February 2012
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Does it ever make sense to declare a variable in C or C++ as both volatile (in other words,... Read More
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Firmware forensics: best practices in embedded software source-code discovery
24 comments 27 October 2011
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Remember unintended acceleration? Here's what NASA should have examined in Toyota's software. Read More
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APIdeology: Application Programming Interface best practices
2 comments 14 September 2011
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Best practices in the development and maintenance of application programming interfaces (APIs)... Read More
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Five dangerous coding standard rules
17 comments 07 September 2011
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Don't follow these five dangerous coding standard rules… TODO. Read More
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How to enforce coding standards automatically
18 comments 27 July 2011
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Coding standards are an important tool for fighting bugs. Unfortunately, too many well-intentioned... Read More
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What belongs in a header file
37 comments 11 May 2011
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What sorts of things should you (or should you not) put in a C language .h header file? When should... Read More
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Avoiding the top 43 embedded software risks
02 May 2011
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This paper briefly distills the lessons learned from almost 100 reviews of industry embedded... Read More
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Five more top causes of nasty embedded software bugs
9 comments 02 November 2010
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What do memory leaks, deadlocks, and priority inversions have in common? They’re all Hall of Famers... Read More
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Best Practices for Peer Code Review
01 July 2010
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This white paper describes 11 best practices for efficient, lightweight peer code review that have... Read More
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Firmware architecture in five easy steps
6 comments 21 September 2009
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Here are five essential tips for taking your successful older code and dropping it into new... Read More
