All skills
Technical skill
C
The language closest to the hardware.
Why it matters
Embedded firmware, drivers and microcontroller work all start with C.
How to learn it
- 1Master pointers, arrays, structs and memory layout.
- 2Write programs that manipulate bits and registers.
- 3Read datasheets and map registers to C code.
- 4Blink an LED on a real microcontroller.