This book aims to inspire newcomers to the world of embedded programming - as well as seasoned developers looking to fill in the blanks.In his new book, the author of and "Embedded Software for the IoT" and "SQL Server with C#", throws the spotlight on the heart of all intelligent devices - the Microcontroller.Klaus Elk enthusiastically describes the building blocks of Microcontrollers, and debugs sample C-programs to show how compiler and linker builds the binary program for the Cortex-M(R) Microcontroller. Along the way we get a feel for CMSIS - the libraries supplied by Arm and partners.We study the Floating-Point Unit and its alternatives, before moving on to parallel programming, and the basics of Real-Time Operating Systems. Klaus ties it all together in small demos using e.g., FreeRTOS.