Here is where I track the technologies and techniques I work
with. It is inspired by Embedded Artistry which is
based on the original Thoughtworks radar. It’s
a way of organising tools in categories and noting the maturity
or adoption level for each.
Though I use different categories: in addition to observing
technology trends, I wanted to highlight some aspects of embedded
software engineering that I find challenging in the focus areas
section.
Instead of including the flashy Javascript radar, I decided to
keep it simple and use a text based approach. To further simplify
it, I reduced the assessment scale to the following:
Adopt: This technology is proven, mature
and can be used in most cases
Evaluate: These tools are ready to use and
have been tested to various extent, but not as mature as the
adopted ones
Hold: These are the industry standard
tools which I rather not use or only in special
circumstances
Languages & Libraries
💡 This section contains programming languages, supporting
libraries and occasionally complete software frameworks.
Adopt
C
C++
Python
Qt
Catch
Trompeloeil
Evaluate
Rust
Hold
WPE Webkit
Platforms
💡 The platforms sections includes hardware platforms,
bootloaders, operating systems and cloud providers.
Adopt
NXP i.MX6
STM32F3
U-boot
Linux
FreeRTOS
Azure IoT Hub
Azure IoT Edge
Azure Sphere
AWS IoT Core
Evaluate
NXP i.MX8
🔺 GD32 RISCV
Nordic nRF5x
Zephyr
ELBE
AWS IoT Greengrass
Hold
🔻 NXP i.MX8X
NXP i.MX23
Tools
💡 The tools section list supporting engineering tools:
software/firmware build systems, sanitisers, formatters.
Adopt
Yocto
Buildroot
FreeRTOS
Make
Clangd: clang-format, clang-tidy
Evaluate
🔺 ELBE
Zephyr
Techniques & Focus areas
💡 This section contains engineering techniques and some
focus areas which I think requires special care in embedded
software engineering.
Adopt
Lifecycle management
Manufacturing: Factory floor configuration
Manufacturing: Cloud configuration
Provisioning: Server assignment(multi-tenancy,
geo-sharding)