FreeRTOS vs Linux for Embedded Systems
Which operating system is best suited for your embedded systems project – FreeRTOS or Linux? FreeRTOS and Embedded Linux are two popular options for operating system provision in embedded systems. But which should you choose for your electronics product design? In many cases, the decision about which system to use is preferential, as software engineers […]
How to debug your Linux Application: Debugging by printf
How to debug your Linux Application: Debugging by printf In this part of the series on How to Survive Embedded Linux series focuses specifically on debugging C/C++ applications. Apps written in scripting languages like Perl or Python have their own debugging best-practices protocols and tools. This is the simplest technique, directly analogous to ‘Debugging by […]
How to Debug Your Linux BSP
How to debug your Linux BSP Debugging can be a tiring and repetitive process, fraught with difficulties and tiny mistakes that frustrate even the most experience programmer. This guide will take you through some of the fundamentals of debugging a Linux BSP and how solve some of the main problems that you will encounter when […]
Electronics Product Development: 3 Tips for Detecting Touch Controller Failures
Electronics Product Development: 3 Tips for Detecting Touch Controller Failures In electronics product development, touchscreens can be difficult to stress test; and whilst there are several sophisticated systems available for touchscreen stress testing, there are other ways to get the job done – like a low-tech approach… For example, take a look at this rig […]
11 steps to successful hardware troubleshooting
11 steps to successful hardware troubleshooting ByteSnap’s article on how to successfully troubleshoot hardware appeared in embedded.com Successful Hardware TroubleshootingWhen the Gantt charts are drawn up at the beginning of a project, perhaps the hardest part for the hardware engineer to estimate is the debug phase of a product development. It is also one of […]