embedded

embedded or java/.net

hello all..... i am in a dilemma for taking a decision about my career... i am in the final year b.tech IT. as a person i luv to be a hardware programmer like in embedded stream.. but due to the need of getting a job faster, i am also considering .net or java... however, my will always tells me to go for what I am really interested in, w...

what is architecture context diagram

pls help me for my project documentation by giving the information of architecture context diagram ...

Graduation project ideas- Computer science

I need your help in my graduation project idea, I am interested in Networking and Embedded system, so Any ideas! ...

General JTAG working flow in an embedded development system?

hi, In my embedded project am using JTAG interface to download the code and to debug the downloaded application.But i don't know what is happening inside the JTAG set up. Can anyone please give me basic idea/flow(high level view) of the JTAG set up wich will really help me to understand my development system better. __Kanu ...

Making file wrap around when using fwrite

I am using an embedded system running linux.I use a ramdisk filesystem on the embedded target. My application captures real-time data and does Standard C "fwrite" to a file in this ramdisk fs.As there is limited amount of memory , I would like to set a max size for the file and cause fwrite to wrap around like a circular buffer. Is there...

Good method to pass messages between embedded RTOS tasks (but can handle message timeouts gracefully)

I'm working with an embedded RTOS (CMX), but I think this applies to any embedded RTOS. I want to pass messages between various tasks. The problem is that one task sometimes 'locks' every other task out for a long period of time (several seconds). Since I no longer wait for the message to be ACK'ed after ~100 ms or so, if I send a mai...

How can I proxy mmap reads and writes across a network?

I'm working on software to control a mmap'd device on an embedded ARM system, but have run into a few situations where the debugging and development tools available haven't been sufficient. i.e. Instrumentation tools like valgrind and higher end thread profilers are unavailable. What I'd like to do is compile my code on an x86 machine, ...

Concept of function pointers in C ?

Possible Duplicate: What is the point of function pointers? hi all, I want to get the basic and concrete idea of function pointers in C language. ie 1) its usage in C 2) main applications it is currently using 3) unique features 4) its scope in embedded applciations etc Hoping your co operation in this too. __Kan...

Creating a website to communicate with an embedded device

I'm currently working on a project where I'm trying to control an embedded device through an Internet facing website. The idea is is that a user can go to a website and tell this device to preform some kind of action. An action on the website would be translated into a series of CLI commands and then sent to the device. Communication cou...

Compile a Rubus VS project via dos

Hi, Does anybody have the knowledge how to compile a Rubus VS project through the dos command promt? ...

howto send data to (linux based) embedded system

Hi all, i got a Linux Kernel from http://www.at91.com/linux4sam/bin/view/Linux4SAM/LinuxKernel running on my ARM board. I have a connection through serial port to my host system windows, i also got a SAM-ICE JTAG debugger device. so how can i send some data from my windows to my embedded linux? ...

.net micro framework + arm howto

How do i install the .net micro framework on an arm board? ...

What are the internal processes involved for a C compilation ?

hi, I have a set of *.C files(embedded related). Could anyone please detail to me the steps/processes(internal information) involved while compiling followed by linking to create the final executable(I need the information/steps regarding what a preprocessor/compiler generally performs to a C src code) Also i just want to get an idea ...

embedded programming in C

Hi, I am a newbie as far as it comes to embedded systems programming. I have to write lots of simple C or C++ programs like atoi, itoa, oct_to_dec, etc., which would have been easy to write in normal C. But my hardware unit does not have the usual header functions and hence I cannot use standard library functions. :( Could someone hel...

Unable to access a read-only Embedded Derby database from within EAR file deployed on JBoss server

I am trying to access a read-only Embedded Derby database. It is available as myDB.jar. This jar has one folder of the Apache Derby database - myDB (log and seg0 folders and service.properties file). This code works fine when I run from a file with a main method. But, when I package it into EAR and deploy it on server it gives error...

Guarantee TCP Packet Size

We use an embedded device to send packets from a serial port over a serial-to-Ethernet converter to a server. One manufacturer we use, Moxa, will always send the packets in the same manner which they are constructed. Meaning, if we construct a packet size of 255, it will always send the packet in a 255 length. The other manufacturer, Tib...

How MMU(Memory management Unit) unit in a processor protects the memory segments

hi, While going through one embedded processor architecture, i have seen the block MMU and it is mainly mentioning about the memory protection functionality. May i know , How an MMU does this protection and why it is needed? What is mean by memory protection? What are the other uses of MMU other than protection(like virtual addressin...

An embedded application for windows desktop using .NET platform?

I'm rebuilding an Embedded application: Prebuild application Specifications: Use : For dispaying the captured images/video from microscope image capturing device on windows based PC or Laptops. Sepcifications: Prebuild on .NET plateform using VC++ Flaws : Lacks some specified features. Current Requirement: Want to re...

High performance logging library for embedded applications

Hello, I am looking for a high performance logging library that I will use on an embedded device. I also want to say that I previously used PaulBunyan logging library which provided an efficient method for transferring information. [By efficient I meant it had a solution for transferring only the __LINE__ and __FILE__ when sending dat...

Advice needed for ARM Cortex M3 beginner

I will embark on the ARM Cortex M3 bandwagon soon with an official training (CPU side). Now, I did a bit of Arduino and AVR before and have some basics in electronics but I am mostly a software developer. I've read most topics in here and quite a bit elsewhere regarding the tools available and they have been really helpful. What I need ...