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📘 Introduction This is Part 5 of our 5-part series on concurrency and timing mistakes in Embedded C. In Part 4, we covered the dangers of misusing timer callbacks or interrupt routines. Now we’ll explore a subtle yet dangerous mistake: assuming that...

Sep 16, 2025 · 3 min read · itransition-iot.hashnode.dev  
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