Embedded C Application Design Principles Training Course

Introduction

• What is design?
• C vs Embedded C

The Life-Cycle of an Embedded Application

• The development process
• The maintenance process
• The extended life cycle

Design Tools

• Open source vs proprietary 
• Compiler, assemblers and linkers
• Libraries
• Debuggers
• Simulators
• IDEs

Embedded Design Challenges

• Embedded computing design constraints
• Cost considerations
• Performance and efficiency
• Power consumption
• Thermal management

Defining the Design Goals

• Keeping it simple
• Defining the functionality
• Defining the program logic and structure

System Reliability

• Inspection and maintenance
• Uptime requirements
• Points of failure 

Code Reusablility

• Redundancy-free design

Code Abstraction

• Information hiding
• Context-free modules

Code Modularization

• Decomposition
• Loose coupling
• Strong cohesion
• Acyclic dependencies

Code Maintainability

• Readability
• Testability
• Configurability
• Performance upgrades 

Hardware Considerations

• Scalable Thermal Design Power (TDP)
• Integrated graphics
• Other

Summary and Conclusion