The Embedded Project Cookbook

Learn how to create and release an embedded system in a fast and reliable manner. This book will help you build and release a commercially viable product that meets industry standards for quality and includes non-code artifacts such as software processes, requirements, software documentation, continuous integration, design, and code reviews.  You'll work with an open-source C++ framework to quick start an embedded project. This framework has an OS Abstraction Layer (OSAL) and essential middleware that is needed for many embedded systems, with many detailed examples. While specifically targeting microcontroller applications, the processes in this book can be applied to most projects, big or small. Using a hands-on approach of build-and-test the software application first, followed by hardware, allows you to develop a significant amount of production quality code even before the hardware is available, dramatically reducing the start-to-release duration for a project.As you go, you will learn essential software development processes, perform just in time design, create testable modules, and incorporate continuous integration into the day-to-day developer workflow. The end-result will be quality code that can be reused for other projects. The Embedded Project Cookbook uses a simplified approach that de-emphasizes data models, algorithm designs, and other tactical details that don't have strategic implications. The result is a streamlined guide or recipes for efficiently developing embedded projects that are maintainable and extensible even when presented with changing or new requirements.What You Will Learn Separate software architecture from software design Write software documents that are intrinsically resistant to going out-of-date. Identify the processes, workflows, and best practices for the team to follow. Initiate code reviews before code is checked into a stable branch. Design testable modules and implement automated unit testing that doesn't require hardware. Incorporate continuous integration into the day-to-day developer workflow, including automated integration testing. Create a code base that can be reused on other projects. Who This Book Is For Mid-level developers and software leads who are looking to get up and running without all the underlying theories. This book is also for professionals looking to learn how to productize a concept or technology and sell the results to a customer.