Embedded Software Development: The Open-Source Approach delivers a practical introduction to embedded software development, with a focus on open-source components. This programmer-centric book is written in a way that enables even novice practitioners to grasp the development process as a whole.
Incorporating real code fragments and explicit, real-world open-source operating system references (in particular, FreeRTOS) throughout, the text:
Defines the role and purpose of embedded systems, describing their internal structure and interfacing with software development tools
Examines the inner workings of the GNU compiler collection (GCC)-based software development system or, in other words, toolchain
Presents software execution models that can be adopted profitably to model and express concurrency
Addresses the basic nomenclature, models, and concepts related to task-based scheduling algorithms
Shows how an open-source protocol stack can be integrated in an embedded system and interfaced with other software components
Analyzes the main components of the FreeRTOS Application Programming Interface (API), detailing the implementation of key operating system concepts
Discusses advanced topics such as formal verification, model checking, runtime checks, memory corruption, security, and dependability
Embedded Software Development: The Open-Source Approach capitalizes on the authors’ extensive research on real-time operating systems and communications used in embedded applications, often carried out in strict cooperation with industry. Thus, the book serves as a springboard for further research.
Table of Contents
Chapter 1: Introduction
Part I: Basics of Embedded Software Development
Chapter 2: Embedded Applications and Their Requirements
Chapter 3: Based Software Development Tools
Chapter 4: Execution Models for Embedded Systems
Chapter 5: Concurrent Programming Techniques
Chapter 6: Scheduling Algorithms and Analysis
Chapter 7: Conguration and Usage of Open-Source Protocol Stacks
Chapter 8: Device Driver Development
Chapter 9: Portable Software
Chapter 10: The FREERTOS Porting Layer
Chapter 11: Performance and Footprint at the Toolchain Level
Chapter 12: Example: A MODBUS TCP Device
Part II: Advanced Topics
Chapter 13: Model Checking of Distributed and Concurrent Systems
Chapter 14: Model Checking: An Example
Chapter 15: Memory Protection Techniques
Chapter 16: Security and Dependability Aspects
