Introduction to Embedded System and language
Generic embedded features
- Language used under Application
- Example Applications
- The Development Environment
- Application development strategies
- Wrapper routines and portability
- Desktop Application
- Embedded Application different than Desktop?
A brief on C past, present, and future
Features Highlighted
- Advantages under C
- Problems under C
- Yet Why C?
C basic program structure and tools
- A simple C program dissection
- 155 Discuss the image lifecycle
Hands on GNU tool chain for C build process
- Tools to run on RH Linux 9.0
- Tracing the image
Making the most out of C [ coding w.r.t processor and compiler ]
Using Bit wise Expressions, Controls, loops effectively
- A close look at const and volatile.
- Cast and weakly typed language.
Portability and problems Endean's
- BI- Indian, big Indian, small Indian
- Arrays and effective usage
Function, Structures and Union
- Packed vs. Unpacked
- Bit fields
Gotcha under C: Writing portable codes that are not compiler dependent
- Unspecified behavior
- Undefined behavior
Pointers and effective use w.r.t Architecture
- Memory corruption
- Memory leaks
Do's and don't under C's Memory Handling
Hands on to GNU - X tool-chain
Using tools to build image
- Using Makefile for multiple/separately translated programs
- Creating static library [Embedded Application's backbone]
- Debugging a traditional code with character pointer
Hands on building PowerPC toolchain image
- No board for downloading
- Image and placement using ldscript
Hands on Configuring the DJGPP toolchain
- Installing the software
- Steps in building the Standalone C code
- Running C on X86 target without os
- Using the toolchain for target image with RTOS (uC-II OS)
- Creating an binary image file and running it stand alone
Understanding the X86 hardware support needed for running C
- Ten major steps involved in running a C port of DJGPP
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