Embedded C Programming

Embedded C Programming -   Duration 5 days

Course Aims:

This course is designed to provide non-C programmers with the essential skills and knowledge necessary to allow them to become competent in developing ANSI-compliant C programs suitable for use in embedded applications.

Course Outline:

The History of C Programming
The Structure of the C Program:
Compiling a C Program
Variables & Constants:
Variable Names; Data Types; Declarations
Assignment Operator; Constants
Initialisation of Variables; Enumeration Types
printf( ); getchar( )
Expressions & Operators:
Arithmetic Operators; Expression Evaluation
Increment & Decrement Operators
Bitwise Logical Operators
Compound Assignment Operators
Type Conversion; Comma Operator
Order of Precedence
Flow Control of a Program:
Types of Flow Control Statements
Logic States; Relational Operators
Boolean Logical Operators; if-else Statement
Nested if Statements
Conditional Operator; Compound Statements
Switch Statement; While loop; Do-while Loop;
For Loop; For Loop Variations
Break & Continue Statements
exit( ) Statement; goto Statement
Arrays:
Theory of Arrays; Range Checking; Initialisation
Unsized Array Initialisation
The Standard I/O Library:
getchar( ) & putchar( ); gets( ) & puts( )
printf( ); scanf( )
Functions:
The Definition of a Function; Function Parameters
Non-Returning Functions; Void Functions
The Return Statement
Functions Returning Non-integers
Passing Arrays to Functions; Recursive Functions
Scoping:
Storage Class Types; Automatic Variables
Register, Static & External Variables
Initialisation Rules for the Storage Classes
Pointers:
The & and * Operators
Pointers & Function Arguments
Pointer Arithmetic; Pointers & Arrays
Arrays as Function Arguments
Pointer Initialisation; Arrays of Pointers
Pointer to Pointers; Command Line Arguments
Pointers to Functions
File Handling:
The File Pointer; fopen( )
stdin, stdout & stderr File Pointers; fclose( )
fgetc( ); fputc( ); ungetc( ); fgets( ); fputs( )
fprintf( ); fscanf( ); fread( ) & fwrite( )
fseek( ); ftell( ); rewind( ); fflush( ); File Status
Structures & Unions:
Members of a Structure Variable
Pointers to Structures
Structure Initialisation & Assignment
Structures & Functions; Nested Structures
Bit Fields; Unions; sizeof( ); typedef;
Dynamic Memory:
Memory Leakage
malloc() & free()
The C Preprocessor:
The Pre-processor Operation
#include; Defined Constants
Defined Macros; Macro Side Effects
Deleting a Definition; Conditional Compilation
#ifdef & #ifndef; #line
Embedded Specifics:
Use of pointers 
IO Ports
Interrupts
Real Time Issues:
Scheduling
Concurrency & resource protection
Semaphores
Threads
Testing & Debugging Embedded Systems:
Emulation
Test harnesses
Target Specific Techniques

Target Audience:

Systems and applications programmers who will be developing systems in C. Anyone who wants a practical understanding of C will benefit from this course. It is suitable for hardware and software engineers who want to expand their knowledge in a powerful all-purpose language, technical managers who want to manage C programming projects.

Assumed Knowledge:

Participants should have a good knowledge of a programming techniques and at least one programming language such as COBOL, BASIC, FORTRAN or the like. This course is a prerequisite for the C++ programming course.