What do embedded hardware engineers need to master

As an embedded hardware engineer, you need to master knowledge and skills in many fields. Here are some key elements:

Proficient in digital and analog circuit design. This is the foundation of embedded hardware engineers, because it is necessary to design and analyze the circuits in electronic systems, including power supply circuits, digital circuits and analog circuits. At the same time, we need to know the commonly used electronic components and chips, such as resistors, capacitors, inductors, diodes, triodes, field effect transistors and various digital and analog chips.

You need to master at least one hardware description language, such as Verilog or VHDL. These languages are used to describe the structure and behavior of hardware and are important tools in hardware design. At the same time, you need to know the basic knowledge of digital logic design and logic gate circuit, as well as common logic operations and operators.

In addition, embedded hardware engineers need to be familiar with the architecture and composition of embedded systems, including processors, memories, peripheral interfaces and so on. It is necessary to understand common embedded processor architectures, such as ARM, MIPS, PIC, and common peripheral interface protocols, such as I2C, SPI, UART, etc.

Embedded hardware engineers need to have the ability of PCB design and wiring. You need to master at least one PCB design software, such as Altium Designer, Cadence, etc. , and familiar with PCB manufacturing process and flow. At the same time, it is necessary to understand PCB wiring rules and signal integrity analysis to ensure that the designed PCB can meet the requirements of the system.

Embedded hardware engineers need to have system-level design and debugging capabilities. Need to know the commonly used hardware debugging tools and technologies, such as oscilloscope, logic analyzer, simulator, etc. , and can be debugged and tested at the system level. At the same time, it is necessary to have the ability of system performance evaluation and optimization to ensure that the designed hardware system can achieve the best performance and stability.

In short, embedded hardware engineers need to have knowledge and skills in many fields, including circuit design, hardware description language, embedded system architecture, PCB design and wiring, system-level design and debugging. These knowledge and skills need to be accumulated through continuous study and practice, and at the same time, they need to have innovative thinking and problem-solving ability.

In addition, embedded hardware engineers also need to have good teamwork skills. Because hardware design often requires the cooperation of many teams, such as software engineers and mechanical engineers, it is necessary to be able to clearly express their own design ideas and ideas and communicate and cooperate effectively with team members. At the same time, we should have strict working attitude and sense of responsibility to ensure that the designed hardware system can meet the requirements of high quality and high reliability.

In a word, as an embedded hardware engineer, you need to have various knowledge and skills, and have good teamwork ability and innovative thinking. Only by accumulating experience through continuous study and practice and constantly improving their professional level can we succeed in this highly competitive field.