5 Tips for Writing a Makefile for Embedded Software Beningo

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Five practical tips for writing Makefiles in embedded software development: using the shell 'find' command to auto-discover source files, splitting large Makefiles into smaller modular ones, leveraging phony targets for non-build tasks like running unit tests or Docker containers, printing binary size info after each build using arm-none-eabi-size, and considering CMake as a higher-level alternative that generates Makefiles automatically.

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Tip #1 – Simplify file list generation using the shell ‘find’ commandTip #2 – Use multiple makefilesTip #3 – Leverage phony targetsTip #4 – Don’t forget to use sizeTip #5 – Consider using CMakeConclusions