System-on-chip (SoC) architectures are being increasingly employedto solve a diverse spectrum of problems in the embedded and mobilesystems domain. The resulting increase in the complexity ...

What is a Real-Time Operating System (RTOS), and what does “real-time” mean anyway? What are the various kinds of state machines, and how to code them efficiently in C? What is object-oriented ...

Microchip Technology has introduced MPLAB® XC Unified Compiler Licenses for its range of C compilers, including XC8, XC16, XC-DSC, and XC32, streamlining the licensing process for developers. This ...

We've seen in the previous articles how Ada can be used to describe high-level semantics and architecture. The beauty of the language, however, is that it can be used all the way down to the lowest ...

Why is compiler qualification so important? How use cases impact compiler development. An example of improved development efficiency. Due to the explosion in intelligent and connected devices, demand ...

This article discusses how to use GCJ, part of the GCC compiler suite, in an embedded Linux project. Like all tools, GCJ has benefits, namely the ability to code in a high-level language like Java, ...