Microcontroller Embedded C Programming Lecture 1| Programming languages for Embedded Systems

 

Programming languages for Embedded Systems

 

 

 

What is a Computer program?

  • A program is a series of instructions that cause a computer or a microcontroller to perform a particular task.
  • A computer program includes more than just instructions. It also contains data and various memory addresses on which the instructions work to perform a specific task. 

 

Programming languages in Embedded systems:

→ C and C++ (most widely used)

→ Rust

→ Assembly

→ Java

→ Python

To write a program, we have to use a programming language.

If your goal is to become an embedded system programmer, you must be good at C or C++ programming languages or both.

Nowadays, a Rust programming language also has quickly gained popularity and is becoming very famous in embedded programming.

C, C++, Rust, Assembly, so these are the main programming languages that are being used in embedded systems. Python, Micro Python, and Java are also rarely used in embedded systems code development.

Assembly level programming is very much powerful, and it is still being used in various parts of the embedded project. So, it’s not like, you know, C and C++ have completely taken over the assembly level programming. Still, some part of the project is coded in assembly-level programming.

 

Look at the survey of 2017 made by Embedded.com, here is a screenshot of Dan Saks presentation during the keynotes speech. This video you can find on YouTube. Very much informative video. It would help if you watched it on YouTube.

Programming languages
Figure 1. Survey of 2017

Look at Figure 1. You can see that ‘C’ is still the number 1 and highly favored programming language for embedded systems followed by C++ and assembly. But you can also notice that usage of ‘C’ may be declining.

In the future, C++ and Rust programming languages also have the potential to gain significant popularity in embedded systems programming. But still, ‘C’ leads in the embedded domain. It is one of the most powerful high-level programming languages to write programs for embedded systems. So, you can download this survey as a PDF if you want from the Embedded.com website.

So, that motivates us to learn the ‘C’ programming language because it is still one of the leading programming languages for embedded systems. Now let’s get started with exploring the ‘C’ programming language.

 

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