This code accompanies the blog “System ticks” by Ken Wada, (February 5, 2013). These listings also appear in the blog, but are downloadable here. Included in the Zip file: LIST01_sysTick.h ...

Texas Instruments (TI) today introduced two programmable system timers that significantly reduce system standby power consumption. The TPL5000 with watchdog timer and TPL5100 with MOS driver draw only ...

Developing an embedded system can be a challenging adventure. The blurring of the line between hardware and software requires engineers to live and understand two completely different worlds. Staying ...

Version 7.0 of the open-source real-time operating system FreeRTOS has been released, adding a software timer, a port to the MSP430X microcontroller, and two additional ‘demos’ – more of which later.

An embedded system is a computer system with real-time computing constraints. It is a microprocessor-based system that is incorporated into a device to monitor and control the functions of the ...

Most microprocessors have some type of hardware watchdog that can be used to reset the microprocessor and the surrounding hardware to a known state if firmware inadvertently stops executing code. But ...