I’ve tried a lot of the “newer” languages and, somehow, I’m always happiest when I go back to C++ or even C. However, there is one thing that gets a little on my nerves when I go back: the need to ...

Certain kinds of business computer files, such as Microsoft Word documents, multimedia files and ZIP archives, carry important information in the data bytes nearest the file's beginning; software ...

Displaying custom fonts or images on an LCD screen using a microcontroller usually requires quite a bit of work. We’ve used some readily available tools to make this a bit easier for your next project ...

As I'm spending some time back in the land of low-level C, I'm trying to fully get my head around best-practices for header files and code organization, so I thought I'd toss out some questions. (NOTE ...

In C programming, a source code file that contains common definitions and data structures that all programmers may use as required. Also called "include files," because the #include statement is used ...

Patches that add new software features often gain the biggest headlines in free software projects. However, once a project reaches a certain size, refactoring work that improves the overall ...

Kernel developers learn, one way or another, to be careful about memory use; any memory taken by the kernel is not available for use by the actual applications that people keep the computer around to ...

A question came up in another forum that made me realize I must have landed to many headers on my head... Someone is trying to set a breakpoint in a header (something.h) file (gcc/gdb/Dev-C++). I had ...

Splitting up your code files is a great way to stay organized, but can cause trouble for new programmers that may lead them away from this good practice. Learn the common problems and how to solve ...