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Discover key trends and challenges in embedded software development, from AI integration to SBOM compliance. Learn how Black Duck's solutions can help ensure quality and safety.The post Key findings ...
There are tons of embedded software development tools in the market, but I’ve chosen these five because they are the most popular and offer value. These are the top five embedded software development ...
Figure 3: Automotive embedded application configuration management becomes more challenging as software becomes less dependent on hardware, similar to the smartphone application ecosystem. A robust ...
Defensive Programming Let's look at the embedded software landscape in a typical project. You'll have the truly "embedded" developers who write the device drivers, work out the board support packages ...
Vibe coding is just one aspect of AI that embedded developers must contend with. Another is agentic AI, which essentially ...
James Grenning takes a look at embedded programming 30 years ago or more, and how it can be done better now in C.
Black Duck® Software, Inc. ("Black Duck"), a leading global provider of application security solutions, today released "The State of Embedded Software Quality and Safety 2025" report. The report is ...
Successfully developing and launching an embedded system requires a wide range of skills in a variety of engineering disciplines. Every embedded systems development team needs knowledge in eight ...
This installment starts a new segment of lessons about state machines. The subject conceptually continues the event-driven theme and is one of my favorites [1,2]. Today, you’ll learn what event-driven ...
After introducing interrupts and the foreground/background architecture, I am finally ready to tackle the concept of a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS). In this first lesson on RTOS (commonly ...