Embedded Software Design

Jacob Beningo is an embedded software consultant with over 15 years of experience in microcontroller based real-time embedded systems. After spending over ten years designing embedded systems for automotive,defense and space industries, Jacob founded Beningo Embedded Group in 2009. Jacob has worked with clients in more than a dozen countries to dramatically transform their businesses by improving product quality, cost and time to market. He has published more than 200 articles on embedded software development techniques, is a sought-after speaker and technical trainer who holds three degrees which include a Masters of Engineering from the University of Michigan.  Jacob is an avid writer, trainer, consultant and entrepreneur who transforms the complex into simple and understandable concepts that accelerate technological innovation.  Jacob has demonstrated his leadership in the embedded systems industry by consulting and training at companies such as General Motors, Intel, Infineon and Renesas along with successfully completing over 50 projects. Jacob also speaks at and is involved in the embedded track selection committees at ARM Techcon, Embedded System Conferences and Sensor Expo. Jacob holds Bachelor’s degrees in Electrical Engineering, Physics and Mathematics from Central Michigan University and a Master’s degree in Space Systems Engineering from the University of Michigan. In his spare time, Jacob enjoys spending time with his family, reading, writing, playing hockey and golf. In clear skies, he can often be found outside with his telescope, sipping a fine scotch while imaging the sky.

Part 1 - Software Architecture DesignEmbedded System Design Philosophy⁃ Challenges Facing Embedded Developers⁃ Traditional Embedded Software Development⁃ The Age of Modeling, Simulation and Off-chip Development⁃ SOLID Design Principles⁃ Test Driven Development (TDD)⁃ Why Best Practices?Embedded Software Architecture Design⁃ Architect First, Code Second⁃ Architectural Layers⁃ Single vs Multicore Architectures⁃ Application Domain Decomposition⁃ Interface Design Principles⁃ Architectural LanguagesRTOS Application Design⁃ Tasks, Threads and Processes⁃ Task Decomposition Techniques⁃ Task Scheduling Algorithms⁃ Setting Task Priorities⁃ Schedule-ability using Rate Monotonic Analysis⁃ Designing Application Data Flow⁃ Producer, Consumer, Processor and Transfer MechanismsSecure Application Design⁃ Platform Security Architecture (PSA)⁃ Security through Isolation⁃ TrustZone⁃ Memory map design⁃ Memory Protection Units (MPUs)⁃ Secure boot⁃ Secure bootloaders and OTAsDesign Patterns⁃ pub / sub⁃ Rtos patterns⁃ Handling interrupts⁃ State machines⁃ Active objectsPart 2 - Development ProcessesSoftware Quality⁃ Coding Standards⁃ Code Reviews⁃ Code Metrics⁃ Code Analysis (static vs dynamic)Software Testing and Verification⁃ Integration Testing⁃ Performance Testing⁃ Regression Testing Software Verification Results⁃ Testing of executable object code⁃ Code coverage analysis⁃ Test ReportsApplication Modeling and Simulation⁃ Modeling Methodologies⁃ Simulations Role⁃ wxWidgets⁃ ExampleTest Driven Development⁃ Overview⁃ Test Harnesses⁃ Code Coverage⁃ Test DesignContinuous Integration / Continuous Deployment⁃ Process Overview⁃ Docker⁃ Jenkins⁃ Git Integrations⁃ Merge Process⁃ DeploymentPart 3 - Where the Bits hit the SiliconSelecting a Microcontroller⁃ Traditional Techniques⁃ Modern Selection Process⁃ Selection Considerations⁃ KT Matrix Design and UseCode Implementation Techniques⁃ Interfaces⁃ Command Processing⁃ Task initialization⁃ Assertions⁃ TelemetryDiagnostic and Fault Handling⁃ Design failure mode and effect analysis (DFMEA)⁃ Fault Handling Strategies⁃ Diagnostic Tasks⁃ Error Checking Code (ECC)⁃ WatchdogsApplication Optimization⁃ Models and Simulation versus Reality⁃ Scalability⁃ Maintenance⁃ Code size versus speed⁃ Compilation Settings⁃ Memory managementThe Right Tool for the Job⁃ Tracing⁃ Code Analyzers⁃ Protocol analysis⁃ Metric tools⁃ Open source versus commercial