STM32 Metal Detector Transmitter Hardware Design

Learn to design a long-range wireless detection transmitter. This guide covers component selection (STM32/nRF24L01), power supply, schematics, and PCB layout.

DMA for Embedded Real-Time Task Handling

Learn DMA-based UART transmission on STM32F4: reduce CPU load, speed up packet transfers, with USART/DMA configuration and code examples.

What Is Base64 and How to Encode/Decode

Learn Base64 encoding: how it converts binary to ASCII, common uses (email, URLs, storage) and a practical Python example.

Ubuntu OTA Update Workflow and Commands

Guide to updateEngine-based OTA updates on Ubuntu: configuration, command usage, partition mapping, and recovery workflow for embedded system firmware maintenance.

Nine Common Software Architectures for Microcontrollers

Survey of nine software architecture patterns for microcontroller development with C examples, from linear and modular to event-driven, state-machine and component architectures.

Types of Embedded Microprocessors: An Overview

Overview of embedded microprocessors: ARM, x86, MIPS, PowerPC, DSP and FPGA architectures, comparing performance, power, and typical embedded applications.

Virtual ECU Types for Automotive Microcontrollers

Overview of virtual ECU approaches and classifications (Type-0–Type-4), comparing x86 recompilation vs target-binary emulation, with FMU integration.

Installing Linux on Windows 11

Technical guide to running Linux on Windows 11 without a VM: installation notes, driver troubleshooting, installing vim, compiling hello.c and using a Makefile.

Automotive Intrusion Detection Systems: Overview and Testing

Overview of AUTOSAR IDS architecture, in-vehicle network and host detection approaches, and automated IDS testing with packet generation and penetration tools.

Where Are Global Variables Initialized?

Explains how MCU startup code and linker script initialize global variables: .data copied from ROM to RAM and .bss zeroed, with map file and init code examples.