Stephen A. Edwards graduated in 1997 with a Ph.D. from Berkeley and is currently working in Synopsys' Advanced Technology Group. He is the author of the book Languages for Digital Embedded Systems, ...

Deciding on the programming language for your next embedded product may not be as simple as just choosing C. While C has been the industry's go-to workhorse for the past 50 years, its features and ...

Although the world of embedded software development languages seem to span somewhere between ASM and C89 all the way to MicroPython, there is a lot to be said for a happy medium between ease of ...

The Ada programming language was born in the mid-1970s, when the US Department of Defense (DoD) and the UK’s Ministry Of Defence sought to replace the hundreds of specialized programming languages ...

A programming language that is included in an application. Examples of embedded languages are VBA for Microsoft applications and various versions of LISP in programs such as Emacs and AutoCAD. An ...

Most embedded systems are reactive by nature. They measure certain properties of their environment with sensors and react on changes. For example, they display something, move a motor, or send a ...

Structures (or “structs” in C) allow you to group several related variables and treat them as one unit. They are a mechanism for extending the type system of the C language by introducing user-defined ...

Python is popular, interpretive programming language that's used in a variety of areas from controlling robots to running websites to handling artificial-intelligence and machine-learning chores.

As we turn the page to 2025, it’s impossible not to reflect on the transformative trends of 2024. From the growing influence of AI to the rise of modern languages like Rust and the increasing focus on ...

Kozio, a provider of in-system diagnostics, has announcedValidationAssistant, a unified, interactive, embedded-hardware-verification environment that simplifies hardwarecontrol, automates test ...

Embedded designers and programmers tend to be a conservative lot who love to delve into the latest technology but adopt it after careful consideration. One of those technologies is vibe coding, which ...