In this chapter, we looked at how to effectively develop for MCU-based targets in a way that allows us to test them without expensive and long-winded development cycles. We learned how to implement an integration environment that allows us to debug MCU-based applications from the comfort of a desktop OS and the tools it provides.
The reader should now be able to develop integration tests for MCU-based projects and effectively use OS-based tools to profile and debug them before doing final integration work on real hardware. The reader should also be able to perform on-chip debugging, and have a feel for the relative cost of specific software implementations.
In the next chapter, we'll develop a simple infotainment system, based on an SBC platform.
