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Embedded Systems Programming: Getting Started
This course offers microcontroller programming for beginners, as well as experienced mobile and desktop software developers. It is built around a mobile device accessory project to measure bicycle speed and distance.
What you'll learn
An understanding of the limitations of embedded processors is essential for embedded software developers. In Embedded Systems Programming: Getting Started, you’ll learn the essential skills for reading and writing I/O lines, configuring peripherals such as analog and digital converters, counter/timer modules, and the serial interface or UART. First, you'll discover how to configure the clock system of the processor to balance performance and power consumption. Later, you'll explore digital and analog inputs and outputs, and write interrupt service routines to handle real-time tasks quickly. Finally, you’ll delve into the basics of powerful debugging tools by putting the processor to sleep to extend the battery life of the system, and ultimately learn to refactor and organize your code. By the end of this course, you'll have the fundamental skills necessary for embedded firmware development, helping you design and build products of your own.
Table of contents
- Microcontrollers Are Everywhere: Meet Your Project | 2m 31s
- Start Developing Before the Product Exists | 2m 15s
- Development Process: Architecting and Refactoring | 1m 35s
- Development Process: From Mess to Masterpiece | 3m 24s
- Low-level Functions, Interrupts, and I/O | 1m 47s
- Source Code Control: Your Best Friend with a Perfect Memory | 2m 48s
- Git Benefits: Log Messages, Branching, and Merging | 6m 30s
- Honey, I Shrunk the Memory Space | 2m 12s
- This Isn’t Big Data: Conserve Your Resources | 2m 58s
- Drinking from a Firehose: Summary and Preview | 1m 13s
About the author
Jeremy Willden has gone from hardware engineering to software development, his career ranged from the smallest startups to multinational corporations, creating products to give a competitive edge and fuel rapid growth.
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