IAR releases industry technology research white paper "12 Essential Elements of Embedded Software Development"

IAR releases industry technology research white paper "12 Essential Elements of Embedded Software Development"

Carefully distilled expertise will help improve productivity, maximize return on investment and successfully develop high-quality embedded software

Uppsala, Sweden – February 2023 – IAR, a global leader in embedded development software and services, announces a gift for embedded developers: a white paper on the embedded software industry, “12 Essential Elements of Embedded Software Development”, which brings together the technology and experience of senior experts within IAR. This white paper will help developers deal with the pitfalls of embedded software development and the challenges they face when striving for fast time to market and improving return on investment (ROI). This is a comprehensive embedded software industry case study that explains the key factors that companies should consider when pursuing high-quality code and creating profitable commercial software.

As embedded software projects become increasingly complex, developers are under pressure to quickly implement applications and products while also being cost-effective. IAR's white paper discusses the challenges facing embedded engineers and provides best practice recommendations through specific examples in the "Twelve Essential Elements." Among other things, the white paper explains the cost-saving effects of code performance on product BOMs (bill of materials), how to use DevOps to improve productivity, and how to effectively accelerate the security certification process for embedded software. The case study ends with specific cost calculations for return on investment (ROI) and total cost of ownership (TCO), giving companies a clear view of effective ways to keep projects on schedule and reduce total development costs.

The specific contents of the white paper "Twelve Essential Elements of Embedded Software Development" include:

1. Code size

2. Code performance

3. DevOps

4. Debugging

5. Code Quality

6. Get support

7. Development Environment

8. Compliance and Security

9. License

10. Conclusion

The "12 Essential Elements of Embedded Software Development" was co-authored by several experts within IAR with many years of technical expertise and industry experience. Rafael Taubinger, Senior Product Marketing Manager at IAR, is the main author, assisted by four other authors, namely Anders Holmberg, Chief Technology Officer at IAR, David Källberg, FAE Manager at IAR Europe, Middle East and Africa, Shawn Prestridge, FAE Manager at IAR USA, and Hyon-Do Lee, Sales Manager at IAR Asia, all of whom elaborated on their different views on embedded software development from their own perspectives.

“It is a special gift for us to make our collective knowledge available in the form of a white paper,” said Rafael Taubinger, Senior Product Marketing Manager at IAR and lead author of the white paper . “By using the case studies we were also able to get really concrete real-world use cases. Thus, we want to provide embedded software developers with the most important information to help their projects succeed.”