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Where To Go After Arduino? 2 Paths For You To Pick From!

Arduino is a lovely little ecosystem where most of us have started our electronics journey. I still remember the moment I got my first LED blinking program working! Since then we have done several projects using Arduino. Some of those we by following some online tutorials while others were produced out of our own ideas with a little bit of online research. But there comes a point in every inventor’s journey where we have simply outgrown Arduino. If you are reading this post then you are at the same place where I was some years back. I wasn’t sure where...

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Top 14 Alternatives to Raspberry Pi 4B

Everybody in the embedded world has played with the Raspberry pi board at one point or another. But not everyone is aware of these cool alternatives available in the market. In this post, I am have listed 14 alternatives to Raspberry Pi along with their pros and cons as compared to Raspberry pi. Whether you are just looking for a change, or you think Raspberry pi is an overkill for the project you have in mind, or you need an Embedded Linux board that has more processing power, or you need something more powerful than the Raspberry pi, there is...

Basics of Computer Science / Basics of embedded systems / Basics of IOT

Hardware, Software, Firmware, Middleware, Drivers, OS & Applications, The Difference?

We hear a lot of these “wares” terms all the time, some are hard, some are soft, some are firm and some are in the middle. But why some many types of wares? How do they all fit in? Let’s learn more about them in this article. Let’s start with the familiar term hardware. Hardware What is Hardware? Hardware is a system consisting of electronic devices, designed to work together as a single unit. It is the only tangible “ware” out of our list that you can physically interact with. Examples include PCBs like motherboard, RAM, Integrated Circuits, Processor, Microcontroller,...

Embedded Engineers Salaries in Europe

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Embedded Engineers Salaries In Europe

I am working as an Embedded Engineer in Europe. In this article, I am writing the results of the research I did about embedded engineering jobs and salaries in various countries in Europe. Instead of giving you a misleading gross salary number, I have calculated the taxes and living expenses and I have given you the approximate savings you can expect to make each month. If you are a student wanting to learn Embedded Engineering or a student already learning it or if you are an experienced embedded engineer planning to move to Europe then this article is for you!...

Basics of embedded systems / Microcontroller programming

Quad-SPI, Everything You Need To Know!

If you have just mastered this SPI interface, then looking at Dual and Quad SPI can be overwhelming. I had to read several pdfs to wrap my mind around this concept. In this article, I am presenting all the useful and interesting facts on Quad-SPI that I have learned through my research. What is Quad-SPI? It is a serial interface, where 4 data lines are used to read, write and erase flash chips. Quad-SPI Quad-SPI, also known as QSPI, is a peripheral that can be found in most modern microcontrollers. It has been specifically designed for talking to flash chips...

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200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 7 Debugging Skills

So far in part-1 of this interview questions series, we saw about Questions about yourself Questions about the projects you have done and Questions from C programming language Then in part-2, we saw some questions about the Basics of electronics. In part-3 we same some questions about Microcontrollers and peripherals. Then in Part 4, we saw about operating systems and in the last part (part 5) we saw questions on Networking followed by Part 6 on Software Engineering and Design patterns. You can find parts 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 in the links below. 200 Embedded and IoT...

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200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 6 Software Engineering & Design Patterns.

So far in part-1 of this interview questions series, we saw about Questions about yourself Questions about the projects you have done and Questions from C programming language Then in part-2, we saw some questions about the Basics of electronics. In part-3 we same some questions about Microcontrollers and peripherals. Then in Part 4, we saw about operating systems and in the last part (part 5) we saw questions on Networking You can find parts 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the links below. 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 1 200 Embedded and IoT...

Basics of embedded systems / Basics of IOT / Career tips / Networking

200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 5 Networking

So far in part-1 of this interview questions series, we saw about Questions about yourself Questions about the projects you have done and Questions from C programming language Then in part-2, we saw some questions about the Basics of electronics. In part-3 we same some questions about Microcontrollers and peripherals. Then in Part 4, we saw about operating systems. You can find parts 1, 2, 3 and 4 in the links below. 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 1 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 2 Basics of Electronics 200 Embedded and...

Basics of embedded systems / Basics of IOT / Career tips

200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 4 Operating Systems

So far in part-1 of this interview questions series, we saw about Questions about yourself Questions about the projects you have done and Questions from C programming language Then in part-2, we saw some questions about the Basics of electronics. In part-3 we same some questions about Microcontrollers and peripherals. You can find parts 1, 2 and 3 in the links below. 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 1 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 2 Basics of Electronics 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 3 Microcontrollers Now...

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200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 3 Microcontrollers

So far in part-1 of this interview questions series, we saw about Questions about yourself Questions about the projects you have done and Questions from C programming language Then in part-2, we saw some questions about the Basics of electronics. You can find parts 1 and 2 in the links below. 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 1 200 Embedded and IoT Software Engineering Interview Questions – Part 2 Basics of Electronics Now lets head onto the next part and in this part, we will look at some questions about microcontrollers. Microcontroller is the most important...