Posts tagged software-development

In an embedded system, I require a watchdog to be able to pass ESD qualifications (the main reason for the watchdog requirement is that the device wasn't able to pass the harshest tests of the IEC ...

2 answers  ·  posted 3mo ago by drkfrx‭  ·  edited 3mo ago by drkfrx‭

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I want to create a schematic symbol and reuse it for multiple ICs which have identical pinouts. For example, OpaMPS, or the venerable SN74LS00, SN74HC00, SN74HCT00. How can I do this in an Altium...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Nick Alexeev‭  ·  edited 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

Whenever declaring a variable in C outside a function at file scope or when specifying it as static, it gets assigned a life time known as static storage duration. Meaning it will be accessible thr...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Lundin‭  ·  last activity 1y ago by Lorenzo Donati‭

I am looking to improve my knowledge of embedded systems programming, specifically regarding microcontrollers and embedded Linux systems. A lot of the information that can be found regarding C/C++...

1 answer  ·  posted 2y ago by Mu3‭  ·  last activity 2y ago by Olin Lathrop‭

I've heard that a bootloader is code that runs on a microcontroller, and is used to get your application code onto the micro. How does that work? Is there anything special that needs to be done to...

1 answer  ·  posted 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Olin Lathrop‭