Embedded Systems & Hardware Topics
Covers chip design, System-on-Chip (SoC) architecture, custom silicon strategies, hardware accelerators, IP development, and the integration of silicon design with software ecosystems.
Real-Time Constraints and Interrupt Handling
Meeting timing guarantees in embedded firmware through interrupts, timers, and deterministic scheduling. Covers interrupt service routines, priorities, latency, jitter, and reasoning about hard versus soft real-time requirements. Focuses on the hardware-timing side of real-time behavior rather than general OS scheduling theory.
Hardware/Software Co-Design and Resource Constraints
Building firmware within the memory, compute, and I/O limits of embedded hardware, and deciding what to implement in hardware versus software. Covers partitioning of functionality, memory-mapped I/O, register-level control, and optimizing for constrained RAM, flash, and cycles. Frames the negotiation between hardware capabilities and software requirements.