Learn about the differences between C and C++
Requirements for C++ in an Embedded System
Embedded system characteristics • Language choice • Memory mapped peripherals • Volatile variables • Compilation • System boot-up • Best Practices
Summary of C
A refresher on basic C syntax • Functions • Control flow • Fundamental types • Literals • Derived types • Operators • Standard libraries
From C to C++ and C++11
The features added to C by C++ and the ANSI C-1999 standard • inline • const • Enhanced enumerations • constant expressions • auto • Overview of I/O streams • Function prototypes • Pass-by-reference • Default arguments • Function and operator overloading • String class
Linkage and Storage
Learn some tricky features often overlooked in C, but necessary for C++ • Scope • Linkage • Linking C and C++ • Namespaces • Static, automatic and dynamic storage • new and delete • Placement new • Arrays and Pointers • Vectors
C++ Development Environments for Embedded Systems
Compiler Optimization • Object files •Linkers and linker files • Loader • Makefiles • Integrated development environments • Debuggers • In-circuit emulation • Debug with Simulator/Emulator
An introduction to object-oriented programming
Classes and Objects
Introduction to modeling and abstraction • Information hiding • Abstract data types • Classes and objects • Public and private class members • Member functions • Scope resolution • this pointer
Constructors
How to ensure that objects are properly initialised, and how to tidy up afterwards • Constructors • Destructors • Delegating constructors • Copy constructors • Pointers and objects • Move semantics
Members and Friends
More features of C++ classes • Friends • Operator overloading • Overloading assignment • Move assignment • Memory fragmentation • Working with memory pools • Static members • Constant
objects and members
Master the subtleties of object-oriented programming in C++
Object-Oriented Modelling and The UML
Learn the principles of object-oriented design • Class relationships • The Unified Modeling Language • Class and object diagrams • Association • Composition • Dependency • Implementing class relationships in C++ • Initialization of class members • Singleton class • Design Patterns
Inheritance
Derived classes • Inheritance • Protected members • Casting pointers • Order of initialization
Virtual Functions
Inheriting common behavior • Overriding methods • Virtual functions • Polymorphism • Late binding • Virtual destructors • Vtable • Cost of virtual functions • Abstract base classes and pure virtual functions • Interface classes
Learn to make use of some standard libraries and to develop your own class templates
Further C++ Features
User-defined conversions • Explicit functions • Defaulted and deleted behavior • Run-Time Type Identification • Type casts • Nested classes • Multiple Inheritance • Pointer-to-member •Function
wrapper
Templates
Function templates • Class templates • Template arguments • Template specialization • Dependent name and type lookup • Avoiding code bloat
Standard Libraries
Summary of the standard C and C++ libraries • Container classes • Container adapters • Creating and accessing containers • Initializer lists • Custom allocators • std::array • Other C++11 Enhancements • Iterators • range-for loop
Understand Safety and Multi-tasking Issues
Defensive Programming
Coding standards • Code analysis • Compile-time assertions • Run-time errors • Throwing and catching exceptions • Handlers • Standard exception classes • Preventing memory leakage •
unique_ptr • Exception specification • Exceptions in Embedded Systems
Principles of Real-time Operating Systems
Concurrency • Tasks and task switching • FreeRTOS • Creating and running tasks • Synchronisation • Process scheduling and pre-emption • Priority inversion • Mutex, Semaphore and Queue • Use of semaphores with interrupts • RTOS services
Standard Library Algorithms
Predicates • Function Objects • Bind • Lambda Functions • Filling a container • Non-modifying operations • transform • Searching • Sorting • Summary of the standard algorithms
C++ State Machines (Optional Topic)
State machine representations • Single class state machine • State Design Pattern • Boost mpl example
Strings and Streams (Optional Topic)
Another look at string class • I/O stream hierarchy • Formatted and unformatted streams • I/O of user-defined types • Manipulators • File Streams • Buffering • Stringstreams
