There are many industries starved of embedded software developers such as Apple, Cisco, ZTE etc. The students graduated from CS or EE major fall into the dilemma that the CS students know nothing about the embedded systems and their most proficient language is JAVA which involved little in embedded systems. On the other hand, The EE students have an amount of knowledge about embedded systems but their programming skill is poor. If you enjoy embedded programming and want to be the member of this industry, Here are Steven’s Four Pieces of Advice for newcomer of embedded programming:

1. Become an expert in C
2. Familiar with embedded systems software architectures
3. Learn to read microcontroller datasheets
4. Practice makes perfect

Can you help me become a software developer?

You got a nice post but make it clear of how to start this, be it online software download for the program or offline links,Thanks

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Adeyemo Ajiboye
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@harryobas You're sure you don't want to mention assembly language? EEK!

mkwayisi: @harryobas You're sure you don't want to mention assembly language? EEK!

Assembly language is also fine especially for micro-controllers that contain RISC based processors. But C seems to be the language of choice for majority of embedded software development projects.

Sorry, I don't mean to be pedantic, but saying C seems to be the language of choice for majority of embedded software development is completely misleading. Even the very core of all mainstream operating systems developed for modern PCs are written in ASM, let alone a device that has few system resources. No one will take his/her chances with the output that the compiler will generate, even though they're getting more intelligent... unless you're writing a hello world program. That doesn't mean C is never used in embedded systems, but the point is you cannot become an *embedded geek* without knowing assembler.

mkwayisi: Sorry, I don't mean to be pedantic, but saying C seems to be the language of choice for majority of embedded software development is completely misleading. Even the very core of all mainstream operating systems developed for modern PCs are written in ASM, let alone a device that has few system resources. No one will take his/her chances with the output that the compiler will generate, even though they're getting more intelligent... unless you're writing a hello world program. That doesn't mean C is never used in embedded systems, but the point is you cannot become an *embedded geek* without knowing assembler.

ASM like i said is also fine but it has the disadvantage of being platform specific which hinders portability. Also it requires the programmer to have extensive knowledge of the processor's instruction set which can make the programmer less productive. However some micro-controller C compilers will allow the programmer to insert asm code inline. Also i don't agree with u that its not possible to become an embedded geek without knowing assembler as there are a variety of C compilers and libraries for majority of micro-controllers out there . As i mentioned in my earlier post asm is especially useful when working with micro-controllers that have RISC based processors where u have fewer instructions to learn (about 30 - 35 instructions). But if u are working with CISC processors the need for a higher level language like C will become visibly imperative.

Are you guys not forgeting JAVA

@op.pls i am a newbie.hw do i becom xpert in embeded programin.thank u

http://www.microsoft.com/windowsembedded/en-us/develop/windows-embedded-products-for-developers.aspx

easy and portable panacea..

@OP Besides C, is there any other language that can be used for embedded systems software design?

danvery2k6: @OP Besides C, is there any other language that can be used for embedded systems software design?

Basic

I don't agree with u, as long as micro controllers are concerned, Delphi is my no.1 choice.
Although am into reverse engineering, cryptography has to do with hash based authentication
which requires a smart language. Don't forget Delphi.

My location is akure.i dnt no if i cn meet any microcontroler programer here 4trainin