About this Program

Embedded and real-time systems play an integral role in many technology products. These systems have applications across a wide variety of industries, including aerospace, automotive and health care.

In this three-course certificate program, you’ll acquire the skills needed to develop embedded and real-time software for microcontrollers and microprocessors. We’ll cover how to design, develop, test, debug and document low-level software for embedded devices using C, programming, C++ programming and ARM assembly. You’ll gain an understanding of hardware schematics and how to build the skills to analyze and improve the performance of a product.

▸ Related Article: How to Become an Embedded Software Engineer

Designed For

Developers and technical professionals with experience programming in the C or C++ languages.

Those interested in building internet-connected embedded systems might consider the Specialization in IoT Embedded Systems Design. 

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What YOu'll learn

• Concepts in computer architecture and hardware from a software perspective
• Embedded debugging techniques, including in-circuit debugging
• Key operating system principles, such as how to port and use a real-time operating system
• How to build a firmware image, write device drivers, design and develop a software/hardware interface API, develop event-driven systems and deal with a multithreaded environment

Get Hands-On Experience

You’ll develop embedded and real-time systems software using a development kit.

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