Embedded C++ Ecosystem
At the heart of every embedded system sits a microcontroller. The transition from basic cores to more modern ones mirrors the evolution of technology. The microcontroller landscape is vast, ranging from cost-effective 8-bit cores and 16-bit cores to modern 32-bit Arm and RISC-V® based microcontrollers. This variety of architecture has impacted the development of tools and compilers. While some manufacturers have opted to focus on C support, many have recognized the importance of C++ and provided good support for C++ development within their toolchains.
As the embedded system is vast and it is impossible to cover all of the available architectures and vendors, we will focus on Arm® Cortex®-M as one of the dominant architectures for modern microcontrollers and Systems on a Chip (SoCs). We will go through the available development environments and toolchains that provide support for development in C++ for the Arm Cortex-M. We will also go through...
