Course Description:
Learning the C programming language is one thing, but learning to use it effectively and appropriately in a real-time embedded environment is another. For many programmers, these skills are learnt the hard way, through trial and error on the job. This course addresses this issue by not only teaching the C programming language, but through emphasizing the pragmatic use of C in a real-time environment. This is achieved through both lecture and direct hands-on experience.

As part of the course, approximately 50% of the time is given over to writing code for a real target. During the week, attendees build up a complete solution to a case study that exercises all significant parts of the course.

Overview:
An intensive five day course covering C in the context of realtime embedded application development.

Course Objectives:
• To provide an understanding of the essentials of the C programming language.
• To give you practical experience of writing C for real-time & embedded systems.
• To demonstrate the traps and pitfalls of the language when used in a real-time system.
• To give you the confidence to apply these new concepts to your next real-time project.

Delegates will learn:
• The core C syntax and semantics
• How to access hardware & program interrupts in the language
• About memory and performance issues associated with C
• How Real-time Operating Systems affect the use of the language

Pre-requisites:
• Experience of programming, e.g. assembly language
• Prior knowledge of C is useful but not essential

Who Should Attend:
The course is designed for engineers who are embarking on a project using C for the first time. It is also suitable for those having to support a customer using C, and those requiring to be brought up to date since initially being taught at University.

Duration:
Five days

Course Materials:
• Delegate Handbook

Related Courses:
• RTOS-201 Fundamentals of Real-Time Operating Systems
• AC-401 Advanced C Programming
• MC-101 Guidelines for Writing High Integrity Software in C
• 00-503 Real-Time Software Design with UML2.0

Course Workshop:
The course makes use of target hardware during the embedded programming practical exercises. The board targeted is the Hitachi 7045F Evaluation Board (SH2 micro-controller). An application board is programmed via the 7045F to give attendees a real-sense of embedded application development.