Course Outline
- Understanding Embedded Systems
- Basic Definition
- Key Historical Milestones
- Defining Characteristics
- Rationale for Using C++
- Comparison with C
- C as a Subset of C++ – With Caveats
- Performance Implications
- Additional "Free" Functionality
- Reasons Against Using C++
- Classes
- Member Variables
- Instance Variables
- Class Variables
- Member Functions
- Instance Functions
- Class Functions
- Implicit Methods
- Constructors
- Initialization
- Delegation
- Destructors
- Copy Assignment Operator
- Constructors
- Move Semantics – Preventing Unnecessary Deep Copies
- Structs in C++
- Packages and Namespaces
- Member Variables
- Inheritance
- Overview
- Implementation Details
- Performance Considerations
- Multiple Inheritance
- Virtual Inheritance
- Polymorphism
- Overview
- Virtual Functions
- Virtual Destructors
- Implementation Mechanics
- Runtime Type Information (RTTI)
- Performance Impact
- Templates
- Overview
- Function Templates
- Class Templates
- Variadic Templates
- Code Bloat Issues
- Implementation Strategies
- Template Meta-Programming
- Templates vs. Inheritance
- Error Handling
- Exception Management
- Performance Concerns
- Implementation Details
- Inline Code
- Usage Guidelines
- Strategic Approaches
- System Start-up
- System Boot Process
- C Component
- C++ Component
- Standard Library
- Standard Template Library (STL)
- iostream Library
- Key STL Extensions in C++11:
- Move Semantics
- Variadic Templates
- Concurrency Support
- Memory Management
- The C++ Memory Model
- stdint-types
- Atomic Types and Operations
- Management Strategies
- Variable Handling
- Placement New
- User-Defined Memory Management
- The C++ Memory Model
- C and C++ Interoperability
- Name Mangling
- Static Initialization
- Dynamic Memory Allocation
- Struct Contents
- POD – Plain Old Data Types
- Design Patterns
- RAII – Resource Acquisition Is Initialization
- Memory-mapped I/O
- Interrupt Handling
- Static Object Initialization
Requirements
There are no specific prerequisites required for enrollment in this course.
Testimonials (3)
Detailed explanation, re-iteration of points in a quite subtle way that really drove the knowledge home very well. Rod's willingness to double-check the odd obscure question that we rasied, to be sure that his answers were 100% right. Also, his interest in discussing the pros & cons of alternate coding styles so that we learnt not only how to use C++ in our intended way, but why it should be done that way.
Nick Dillon - cellxica Ltd
Course - Using C++ in Embedded Systems - Applying C++11/C++14
I enjoyed the time allocated for us to solve the exercices. This was very useful as it allowed us to spend some time thinking about our solutions and implementing them.
Valeriu - Siemens
Course - Using C++ in Embedded Systems - Applying C++11/C++14
The details on how compiler behaves depending on to the syntax usage. The "Quiz" sections are very stimulating
