It is no secret that Linux has won the race in the embedded device marketplace. Tremendous advantages in Linux have broken almost every barrier to entry for using Linux on embedded systems across a ...

To load a program into memory, you mustfirst load a program into memory. The bootupprocess, often a complex multistep sequenceinvolving numerous substeps, solvesthis problem. Any boot-up process, ...

“Normal” programmers can get away with the assumption that their C programs start executing from the main() function. But embedded developers need to know what happens before that. Lesson 13 explores ...

“Microsemi continues to broaden its security offering and solve increasingly critical trusted computing challenges,” said Tim Morin, director of marketing at Microsemi. “Very few processors today can ...

These days, any discussion about security starts with the root of trust. For most secure systems, this will be a secure boot based on keys stored within a system that are used to verify the code ...

The very first step in starting an embedded Linux system does not involve Linux at all. Instead, the processor is reset and starts executing code from a given location. This location contains a ...

Legacy BIOS (basic input/output systems) held sway for 30 years before OEMs and consumers began to question the efficacy and cost of these systems. Essentially, the major BIOS vendors, such as ...

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 ...

Should you choose Linux or Windows for your next embedded project? Before you begin an embedded project, you have a number of choices to make. Some of these decisions about hardware will be ...