Latest Firmware Technical Articles

We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML)…

We’ll be walking you through creating a robotic subsystem with a voice-activated motor leveraging machine learning (ML) and an Arduino Nano 33 BLE Sense.

Learn the high-level basics of what role battery management systems (BMSs) play in power design and what components are…

Learn the high-level basics of what role battery management systems (BMSs) play in power design and what components are necessary for their basic functions.

This article will teach you about the intersection between JTAG and Arm core devices, with special attention paid to the…

This article will teach you about the intersection between JTAG and Arm core devices, with special attention paid to the Arm Debug Interface or ADI.

Learn about the interfaces and connectors used to implement JTAG.

Learn about the interfaces and connectors used to implement JTAG.

In this article, we’re going to look at the test access state machine in detail and even see some pseudocode for a…

In this article, we’re going to look at the test access state machine in detail and even see some pseudocode for a simple JTAG interface.

In this article, we’re going to be talking about JTAG, the ubiquitous hardware tool used for testing, programming, and…

In this article, we’re going to be talking about JTAG, the ubiquitous hardware tool used for testing, programming, and debugging.

How can you build a fast non-volatile memory from a conventional SRAM? It turns out, you only need a back-up battery and…

How can you build a fast non-volatile memory from a conventional SRAM? It turns out, you only need a back-up battery and some control circuitry.

This article is the fourth of a series on microcontroller timers which discusses internal watchdogs.

This article is the fourth of a series on microcontroller timers which discusses internal watchdogs.

This article is the third of a series on microcontroller timers which describes the RTCs inside a microcontroller.

This article is the third of a series on microcontroller timers which describes the RTCs inside a microcontroller.

This article, the first in a series on “timer/counter” functions in microcontrollers, discusses periodic timers.

This article, the first in a series on “timer/counter” functions in microcontrollers, discusses periodic timers.

Learn about the RN487x family of Bluetooth modules and how to configure them for your low-power peripheral projects.

Learn about the RN487x family of Bluetooth modules and how to configure them for your low-power peripheral projects.

This article introduces the idea of concurrency and a mechanism that many computers provide for dealing with concurrency…

This article introduces the idea of concurrency and a mechanism that many computers provide for dealing with concurrency called interrupts.

This article shows how to initialize arrays in a C program with values from text files.

This article shows how to initialize arrays in a C program with values from text files.

This article discusses two programming languages, namely, C and Assembly, and presents the need to know Assembly language…

This article discusses two programming languages, namely, C and Assembly, and presents the need to know Assembly language for programming embedded systems.

This article describes a simple procedure that helps you to introduce a wide variety of signals and mathematical…

This article describes a simple procedure that helps you to introduce a wide variety of signals and mathematical functions into your microcontroller projects.

You can simplify MCU development if you make sure that your firmware has access to a numerical value that corresponds to…

You can simplify MCU development if you make sure that your firmware has access to a numerical value that corresponds to the processor frequency.

Learn how to use code memory to free up RAM on your MCU.

Learn how to use code memory to free up RAM on your MCU.

This article will examine the basic operation of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), along with how a DRAM chip is organized.

This article will examine the basic operation of Dynamic Random Access Memory (DRAM), along with how a DRAM chip is organized.

Why should engineers care about hardware security? Because they can help prevent vulnerabilities through design!

Why should engineers care about hardware security? Because they can help prevent vulnerabilities through design!