C For Embedded Systems

Getting more advanced topics in C language that are more suitable for programming the embedded systems. Course topics include various technical skills as follows:

Section 1 which includes What are Embedded Systems?, Embedded systems characteristics, Micro-Controller concepts, C for Embedded Systems vs. Embedded C, Code compilation process, Preprocessing, Compilation, Assembler stage, Linking, Error types. with the following videos:

Intro to Embedded Systems

Micro-Controller concepts

Compilation Process

Conditional Compilation and #Pragma

Function-like Macro

Stringification and Concatenation

Compilation Process - Continue

Error Types

Section 2 which includes Environment setup, Using gcc on command line, Build & run code using cmd, Debugging using CodeBlocks, Debugging using cmd. with the following videos:

Intro to cmd

Compilation Process using cmd - continue

Debugging using CodeBlocks

Debugging using cmd

Section 3 which includes Primitive Data Types, Data Type Qualifiers, Derived Data Types, Array, Function, Pointers. with the following videos:

Intro to Data Types

Array Continue

Functions and Pointers intro

Pointers Continue 1

Pointers Continue 2

Section 4 which includes User Defined Data Types: Structure, Union, Enum, Using typedef, Declaration vs. Definition, Overflow vs. Underflow, Type Casting, Data Type Qualifiers (Continue), Scope and Lifetime. with the following videos:

Structure and Union

enum and typedef

Declaration Vs Definition

Overflow Vs Underflow

Type Casting

Qualifiers - Continue

Scope

Lifetime

Section 5 which includes Memory types, Program memory segments, Static vs. Dynamic memory allocation, Static vs. Dynamic linking, Function call, Functions types. with the following videos:

Memory Types

Memory Segments

Memory Allocation

Static and Dynamic Linking

Function Call

Function Types

Section 6 which includes Memory alignment, Bitwise operations, HW I/O concepts: Memory mapped registers, Polling vs. Interrupts, DMA, Startup file, Inline Assembly, Software layered architecture, MISRA rules. with the following videos:

Memory Alignment

Bitfields

Bitwise operations

Memory mapping

Polling Vs Interrupt and DMA

Startup code

Inline Assembly

Software Layered Architecture