April 2020
Intermediate to advanced
412 pages
9h 58m
English
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What this book covers
Chapter 1, Fundamentals of Embedded Systems, defines what embedded systems are, how they are different from other systems, why specific programming techniques are needed, and why C++ is good and in many cases the best choice for embedded development. It outlines the constraints and challenges that embedded developers encounter in their everyday work: limited system resources and CPU performance, dealing with hardware errors, and remote debugging.
Chapter 2, Setting Up the Environment, explains the differences in a development environment for embedded systems compared to web or desktop application development and goes through concepts of the build and target system, cross-compilation and cross-toolkits, the serial console, ...