COURSE CONTENTS  

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
•                 a.) Desktop Application
                  b.) 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