You might argue that the interface and abstraction will cost too much. That’s a misconception. An extra function call won't ...

Embedded systems have always been about squeezing every ounce of performance from limited hardware. From hand-optimized assembly to finely tuned C, we’ve spent years writing efficient code, minimizing ...

WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. — Three Purdue University researchers and their teammates at the University of California, Santa Barbara and Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Lausanne (EPFL) have received a ...

This installment starts a new segment of lessons about state machines. The subject conceptually continues the event-driven theme and is one of my favorites [1,2]. Today, you’ll learn what event-driven ...

The problem here is not necessarily an input validation problem. Thesystem call's function is to execute a command specified in a string.The problem, in this case, is the context of the call. The ...

Segger Microcontroller has unveiled “emApps”, a software package for creating and executing apps, which are small programs ...

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Embedded systems are ubiquitous in our daily lives, from medical devices to automotive systems to smart homes, yet the most popular embedded programming language poses significant safety and security ...

FreeRTOS, the open-source operating system that powers most of the small microprocessors and microcontrollers in smart homes and critical infrastructure systems has 13 vulnerabilities, a third of them ...

As embedded and IoT systems grow more connected and critical, their security risks extend well beyond traditional software ...

It’s a given in today’s market that the quality of a company’s products and the customers’ experience using those products are very vital. Equally and sometimes more important is to launch a product ...

AI is accelerating embedded software development, and organizations must evolve security practices accordingly.