Hands-On Embedded Programming With C++17

Build safety-critical and memory-safe stand-alone and networked embedded systems

Key Features

• Know how C++ works and compares to other languages used for embedded development
• Create advanced GUIs for embedded devices to design an attractive and functional UI
• Integrate proven strategies into your design for optimum hardware performance

Book Description

C++
is a great choice for embedded development, most notably, because it
does not add any bloat, extends maintainability, and offers many
advantages over different programming languages. Hands-On Embedded
Programming with C++17 will show you how C++ can be used to build robust
and concurrent systems that leverage the available hardware resources.

Starting
with a primer on embedded programming and the latest features of C++17,
the book takes you through various facets of good programming. You'll
learn how to use the concurrency, memory management, and functional
programming features of C++ to build embedded systems. You will
understand how to integrate your systems with external peripherals and
efficient ways of working with drivers. This book will also guide you in
testing and optimizing code for better performance and implementing
useful design patterns. As an additional benefit, you will see how to
work with Qt, the popular GUI library used for building embedded
systems.

By the end of the book, you will have gained the confidence to use C++ for embedded programming.

What you will learn

• Choose the correct type of embedded platform to use for a project
• Develop drivers for OS-based embedded systems
• Use concurrency and memory management with various microcontroller units (MCUs)
• Debug and test cross-platform code with Linux
• Implement an infotainment system using a Linux-based single board computer
• Extend an existing embedded system with a Qt-based GUI
• Communicate with the FPGA side of a hybrid FPGA/SoC system

Who this book is for

If
you want to start developing effective embedded programs in C++, then
this book is for you. Good knowledge of C++ language constructs is
required to understand the topics covered in the book. No knowledge of
embedded systems is assumed.

Table of Contents

1. What are embedded systems?
2. C++ as an embedded language
3. Developing for embedded Linux and similar systems
4. Resource-restricted embedded systems
5. Example: Soil humidity monitor with WiFi
6. Testing OS-based Applications
7. Testing Resource-restricted Platforms
8. Example: Linux-based infotainment system
9. Example: Building monitoring and control
10. Developing Embedded Systems with Qt
11. Developing for Hybrid SoC/FPGA Systems
12. Best Practices