In this article, let us learn what the term “Firmware” means and see how that differs from the term “Device Driver”. Let us also see how these 2 types of code fits in the spectrum of “Computing” with the help of a few examples! I am sure all of us have come across the notification … Read more
In this article, let us learn what the term “Middleware” means and see how that differs from the terms “Software”. Let us also see how these 2 types of code fits in the spectrum of “Computing” with the help of a few examples! I have written this article keeping beginners in mind, hence I have … Read more
In this article, let us learn what the term “Firmware” means and see how that differs from the terms “Embedded Software”. Let us also see how these 2 types of code fit into the world of “Computer Software” with the help of a few examples! Embedded Software and Firmware are 2 terms you will find … Read more
In this article, let us learn what the term “Firmware” means and see how that differs from the term “Software”. Let us also see how these 2 types of code fits in the spectrum of “Computing” with the help of a few examples! I am sure all of us have come across the notification in … Read more
In this article, let us learn what the term “Embedded Software” means and see where Embedded software fits in the spectrum of “Software” with the help of a few examples! I have been working as an Embedded Software Engineer for the past few years, and whenever I say, I write Embedded Software, people usually ask … Read more
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 … Read more
I remember the time when I first heard the term Profiling, I could barely write source code without googling every 10 minutes at that time and when I heard about profiling, I couldn’t help but tell myself that I will never be able to master programming! Then after a few years I became very comfortable … Read more
When I started out learning about FreeRTOS, I was not able to find good short resources to read, and hence I had to spend weeks reading a 400 page eBook, see a bunch of webinars and videos, then cross-reference to some other resources when concepts were not clear, before I was finally able to understand … Read more
Today I ran into my very first stack overflow bug. It was a frustrating experience to find the actual bug as I had to go through all of my code and double-check the logic, buffers, pretty much my entire code before I was finally able to detect that the bug I got was due to … Read more
I am working as an embedded software engineer and I have often been asked this question of what does embedded software engineers do. I am writing this article to explain what we do, how we do it, varieties of embedded software, skills needed to do develop each kind, types of companies you get to work … Read more