Explains why the rules for initializing references make passing by reference-to-const an efficient and attractive alternative to passing by value.

Compares C, Ada, Java, for flaws and strengths in realtime programming, embedded software, built-in support for multithreading; text, code samples. Embedded.com.

Article at Embedded.com.

Seasoned programmer Thomas Niemann thinks the increasingly widespread use of object-oriented programming in embedded development is largely unwarranted. Followed by a contrary view from the technical editor of Embedded Systems Programming.

Gives an introduction to priority inversion and shows a pair of techniques to avoid them.

Tutorial to get OS up and running on new hardware; the first task when using any new OS. By Anthony J. Massa, Embedded.com.

Accelerated Technology, and MCCI integrate Nucleus RTOS and protocol stacks from Mentor Graphics with MCCI USB Data Pump firmware package for multifunction USB peripherals such as keyboards, joysticks, printers. [Embedded.com]