25. Embedded Systems Programming

25.1 Embedded systems

25.2 Basic concepts

25.2.1 Predictability

25.2.2 Ideals

25.2.3 Living with failure

25.3 Memory management

25.3.1 Free-store problems

25.3.2 Alternatives to the general free store

25.3.3 Pool example

25.3.4 Stack example

25.4 Addresses, pointers, and arrays

25.4.1 Unchecked conversions

25.4.2 A problem: dysfunctional interfaces

25.4.3 A solution: an interface class

25.4.4 Inheritance and containers

25.5 Bits, bytes, and words

25.5.1 Bits and bit operations

25.5.2 bitset

25.5.3 Signed and unsigned

25.5.4 Bit manipulation

25.5.5 Bitfields

25.5.6 An example: simple encryption

25.6 Coding standards

25.6.1 What should a coding standard be?

25.6.2 Sample rules

25.6.3 Real coding standards

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