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In software, what does the term “Embedded” entail?
So I've been looking at furthering my knowledge into embedded and lower level hardware programming, however, every time I look for jobs that mentions "embedded" it's always high level stuff. To me, ...
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What is the best way to learn how to develop drivers?
At some point in my career I would definitely like to get involved in some embedded programming. I was thinking that starting out with developing some drivers would be a good place to develop my ...
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The Default State of Unused Memory
In an embedded device, during the initializing of memory locations, is there any convention that are being practiced.
I mean, say setting every byte to zero or 0xFF or any other value.
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RTOS experience
I have been working as an embedded software engineer on mostly 8 bit micro-controller firmware and desktop/mobile applications development for the past five years.
My work on a WinCE project (in ...
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C++ and embedded programming
How is C++ good for embedded programming? How is C++ not good for embedded programming?
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Python vs. Java for embedded wireless module
We are developing a product at work which interfaces with basic I/O and sends data to a webserver over a GPRS connection.
What i need to know before we commit to a product, is which language is more ...
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Obtaining Embedded Linux Experience [closed]
As an embedded firmware developer, I have used operating systems such as WinCE, Nucleus, ThreadX, VRTX and some background loops. There are more opportunities for me if I had Linux OS experience, or ...
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Is embedded programming closer to electrical engineering or software development?
I am being approached with a job for writing embedded C on micro controllers. At first I would have thought that embedding programming is too low on the software stack for me, but maybe I am thinking ...
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Is a degree needed for low-level/embedded programming jobs?
I know that it is possible to get into software development without a degree in computer science, but is it possible (or rather, common) to be able to get an embedded programming job without the ...
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Learning embedded systems development without supervision [closed]
I have graduated this year and got my first job involved with C programming, Linux administration and embedded systems development. I feel quite content with my job, but I'm afraid I won't become a ...
