Develop practical embedded data structures and connect them to DMA, RTC, UART, ADC, and GPIO workflows for scalable, efficient microcontroller firmware.
Efficient data handling is central to reliable firmware, especially on microcontrollers with limited memory and real-time communication demands. This course frames classic data structures around embedded constraints, showing how design choices affect speed, memory use, and peripheral behavior. Learners explore MCU architectures, SRAM, Flash, EEPROM, endianness, and memory allocation before implementing bit packing, linked lists, stacks, queues, circular queues, priority queues, hash tables, and memory pools. The progression links each structure to practical uses such as event handling, UART commands, DMA-based ADC buffering, GPIO configuration, and task execution. Projects emphasize solving firmware problems rather than studying theory in isolation. The result is a toolkit for designing modular, resource-conscious systems that handle data predictably across peripherals; by the end of this course, learners can select and implement embedded data structures that improve real-world microcontroller applications. Firmware engineers, embedded software developers, and microcontroller programmers who need practical data-structure patterns for memory-limited systems. Suitable for learners familiar with C-based embedded development who want stronger design options for peripherals and communication workflows. Instruction links each data structure to a concrete embedded use case. Learners move from memory organization and allocation into hands-on implementations. Peripheral integrations demonstrate how queues, pools, lists, and bitsets support production-style firmware. This course is based on Advanced Data Structures and Peripheral Integration for Microcontrollers, by Israel Gbati. Copyright © 2026 Israel Gbati All rights reserved. No part of this course may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, without the prior written permission of the publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embedded in critical articles or reviews. Packt is one of the world's most prolific publishers of cutting-edge technical content. For over two decades we've made it our mission to curate and publish the knowledge of only the very best technical experts. We focus on real-world courses that help our customers get the job done, with coverage that extends across a wide range of established and cutting-edge technical topics. If you're an individual or an organisation that embraces learning by doing, Packt is the perfect fit for you.












