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.
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.
Peripheral Interfaces and Serial Communication Protocols
Wiring firmware to hardware through digital and serial buses such as GPIO, I2C, SPI, UART, CAN, and USB. Covers protocol framing, addressing, clocking, bus arbitration, and driver-level integration with peripheral registers. Includes debugging bus-level communication failures and choosing the right interface for a device.