With this book, Christopher Kormanyos delivers a highly practical guide to programming real-time embedded microcontroller systems in C++. It is divided into three parts plus several appendices. Part I provides a foundation for real-time C++ by covering language technologies, including object-oriented methods, template programming and optimization. Next, part II presents detailed descriptions of a variety of C++ components that are widely used in microcontroller programming. It details some of C++'s most powerful language elements, such as class types, templates and the STL, to develop components for microcontroller register access, low-level drivers, custom memory management, embedded containers, multitasking, etc. Finally, part III describes mathematical methods and generic utilities that can be employed to solve recurring problems in real-time C++. The appendices include a brief C++ language tutorial, information on the realtime C++ development environment and instructions for building GNU GCC cross-compilers and a microcontroller circuit.

For this fifth edition, the most recent specification of C++23 is used throughout the text. Several sections on new C++23 functionality and new features introduced in C++26 have been added, and various others reworked to reflect changes in the standard. Also, several new example projects ranging from introductory to advanced level are included and existing ones extended, and various reader suggestions have been incorporated. Efficiency is always in focus, and numerous examples are backed up with runtime measurements and size analyses that quantify the true costs of the code down to the very last byte and microsecond.

The target audience of this book mainly consists of students and professionals interested in real-time C++. Readers should be familiar with C or another programming language and will benefit most if they have had some previous experience with microcontroller electronics and the performance and size issues prevalent in embedded systems programming.

Provides step-by-step introduction to using modern, real-time C++ for microcontrollers Includes extensive sample code and online material (including more than 20 introductory to advanced-level projects) Uses the most recent specification of C++23 in ISO/IEC 14882:2023 Puts special emphasis on performance, scalability, and portability

Autorentext

Christopher Kormanyos is a senior system architect at a major automotive supplier with more than 30 years of experience in software development, microcontroller system design and application deployment. Christopher is well-connected in the microcontroller industry and has strong professional ties to both tier-one silicon suppliers as well as compiler and tool vendors. He received a PhD in experimental particle physics from the University of Colorado in 1994 and also holds several patents for automotive electronic technologies.

Inhalt

(to be updated for 5th edition)

Part I: Language Technologies for Real-Time C++.- 1. Getting Started with Real-Time C++.- 2. Working with a Real-Time C++ Program on a Board.- 3. An Easy Jump Start in Real-Time C++.- 4. Object-Oriented Techniques for Microcontrollers.- 5. C++ Templates for Microcontrollers.- 6. Optimized C++ Programming for Microcontrollers.- Part II: Components for Real-Time C++.- 7. Accessing Microcontroller Registers.- 8. The Right Start.- 9. Low-Level Hardware Drivers in C++.- 10. Custom Memory Management.- 11. C++ Multitasking.- Part III: Mathematics and Utilities for Real-Time C++.- 12. Floating-Point Mathematics.- 13. Fixed-Point Mathematics.- 14. High-Performance Digital Filters.- 15. C++ Utilities.- 16. Extending the C++ Standard Library and the STL.- 17. Using C-Language Code in C++.- Additional Reading.