TATVON
FLAGSHIP COURSE BLUEPRINT

Embedded C for
Automotive Engineers

One complete path from C fundamentals to ECU-ready implementation, debugging evidence and interview depth.

10modules
60lessons
10animations
218quiz Questions
10coding Exercises
5debugging Labs
2mini Projects
DELIVERY MAP

Ten modules. Sixty connected lessons.

01

C foundations for embedded systems

Read, compile and reason about production C without relying on trial and error.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Translation pipeline and program structure
  2. 02Integer types, ranges and promotions
  3. 03Operators, sequencing and undefined behaviour
  4. 04Control flow and bounded loops
  5. 05Functions, scope and linkage
  6. 06Headers and translation units
02

Memory and object representation

Predict where every byte lives and how the CPU interprets it.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Binary, hexadecimal and endianness
  2. 02Object size, alignment and padding
  3. 03.text, .rodata, .data and .bss
  4. 04Stack frames and automatic lifetime
  5. 05Static storage and initialization
  6. 06Linker map and memory budget
03

Pointers, arrays and strings

Use addresses and buffers safely while recognizing ownership and lifetime defects.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Pointer object and pointee
  2. 02Pointer arithmetic and array decay
  3. 03Multidimensional arrays
  4. 04String literal versus character array
  5. 05Buffer length and null termination
  6. 06Function pointers and callbacks
04

Structures and low-level data

Design portable data models for frames, registers and interfaces.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Structures and layout
  2. 02Unions and shared representation
  3. 03Enumerations and state models
  4. 04Bit masks and register fields
  5. 05Bit-fields and portability
  6. 06Serialization without unsafe casting
05

Hardware-facing C

Access peripherals correctly without confusing visibility, atomicity and synchronization.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01volatile exact semantics
  2. 02Memory-mapped I/O
  3. 03const volatile status registers
  4. 04Read-modify-write hazards
  5. 05Atomic set/clear registers
  6. 06Polling, timeout and error handling
06

Interrupts and concurrency

Share data predictably across task, ISR, DMA and multicore contexts.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Interrupt entry, exit and latency
  2. 02ISR design rules
  3. 03Shared flags and lost events
  4. 04Atomicity and critical sections
  5. 05Reentrancy and race conditions
  6. 06Memory barriers and multicore visibility
07

Real-time design patterns

Create deterministic components with explicit timing and overflow behaviour.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Finite-state machines
  2. 02Ring buffers
  3. 03Producer-consumer queues
  4. 04Debouncing and filtering
  5. 05Time-triggered scheduling
  6. 06Fixed-point arithmetic
08

Defensive and safety-oriented C

Prevent, detect and contain faults using reviewable engineering rules.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01MISRA C intent
  2. 02Input validation and defensive APIs
  3. 03Integer overflow and safe arithmetic
  4. 04Pointer and array contracts
  5. 05Assertions and error reporting
  6. 06Watchdog-friendly design
09

Build, test and analyse

Produce evidence that the code is correct, testable and release-ready.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Compiler warnings as policy
  2. 02Static analysis workflow
  3. 03Unit-testable hardware abstraction
  4. 04Mocks and test doubles
  5. 05Coverage and boundary tests
  6. 06Map, assembly and optimization review
10

Automotive integration

Apply Embedded C to realistic ECU communication and diagnostics components.

6 lessons＋
  1. 01Signal packing and scaling
  2. 02Cyclic and event-driven communication
  3. 03Timeout monitoring
  4. 04Diagnostic request parsing
  5. 05NVM-safe data handling
  6. 06Reset evidence and fault records
ROOT-CAUSE PRACTICE

Five debugging labs

LAB 01

Optimization-only failure: missing volatile on an ISR-updated object

LAB 02

Intermittent reset: stack overflow found from map, watermark and trap evidence

LAB 03

Corrupted CAN signal: structure padding and endian mismatch

LAB 04

Lost events: non-atomic shared flag between ISR and task

LAB 05

Seven-second PDU gap: timing trace and state-transition root cause

CAPSTONE WORK

Two mini-projects

PROJECT 01

Automotive Signal Gateway

Receive raw signals, validate range and timeout, scale values, pack a transmit PDU and expose diagnostic counters.

PROJECT 02

Deterministic Event Logger

Capture ISR/task events in a bounded ring buffer, preserve timestamps and fault context, and export a reproducible debug report.