Description

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Barr Group's Embedded C Coding Standard was developed to help firmware engineers minimize defects in embedded systems. Unlike the majority of coding standards, this standard focuses on practical rules that keep bugs out - including techniques designed to improve the maintainability and portability of embedded software. The rules in this coding standard include a set of guiding principles, as well as specific naming conventions and other rules for the use of data types, functions, preprocessor macros, variables, and other C language constructs. Individual rules that have been demonstrated to reduce or eliminate certain types of defects are highlighted. The BARR-C standard is distinct from, yet compatible with, the MISRA C Guidelines for Use of the C Language in Critical Systems. Programmers can easily combine rules from the two standards as needed.

About the Author

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Michael Barr is the CTO and co-founder of Barr Group. Mr. Barr is a former adjunct professor of electrical and computer engineering with hands-on software design and implementation experience across a range of industries. Internationally recognized as an expert in the field of embedded software architecture and development processes, Barr has testified as an expert witness in courts in the U.S. and Canada. Barr is also the author of Programming Embedded Systems in C and C++ and the Embedded Systems Dictionary, as well as over seventy articles and papers about the design of embedded systems. He has served as editor-in-chief of Embedded Systems Programming magazine as well as a member of the advisory board and a track chair for the Embedded Systems Conference. Barr holds B.S. and M.S. degrees in electrical engineering from the University of Maryland.