Debugging Embedded and Real-Time Systems

Preface

Arnold S. Berger

Why write a book about debugging real-time systems? Good question, I’m glad you asked. A lot has been written about debugging real-time systems or embedded systems, but what has been written has not, to the best of my knowledge, been collected into one resource, such as a book.

After having taught embedded system design for many years, I’ve come to the conclusion that we are failing as teachers because our students can write a program in assembly, C, C ++, C#, some Arduino dialect, or Verilog, and get their program to compile. However, if problems crop up, as they invariably do, students lack the diagnostic skills to analyze the problems and, in a systematic way, zero in on the possible causes, and then find and fix ...