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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.
Embedded Microprocessors: Features and Applications
Overview of embedded microprocessors: compact, energy-efficient, programmable chips with interfaces for communications, automotive, industrial and IoT 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.
How to Determine If a Website Uses a CDN
Techniques to detect CDN usage and methods to bypass CDNs to discover a website's origin IP, including subdomain enumeration, DNS history, and email tracing.
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.
Sensed vs Sensorless FOC in EV Traction Systems
Technical overview of sensed FOC vs sensorless FOC for traction motors, rotor position sensor selection, inductive PSCI sensor details, NVH and ISO 26262 considerations.
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.
Issues with Excessive Use of Global Variables
Explore the drawbacks of excessive global variables in software development and strategies to mitigate their impact.
GNSS Lever Arm and Its Role in GNSS/INS Fusion
Explains the GNSS lever arm definition, measurement, and impact on GNSS/INS sensor fusion for MTi-8/MTi-680(G) to ensure accurate position, velocity, and orientation.