Practical RISC-V For Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers

Practical RISC-V for Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers

Build Real-Time, Connected, and Production-Ready Devices Using FreeRTOS, Zephyr, GCC, OpenOCD, PlatformIO, and MQTT

RISC-V is reshaping the future of embedded systems-and this book shows you exactly how to master it from the ground up to real-world production.

Practical RISC-V for Embedded Systems and Microcontrollers is a comprehensive, hands-on guide designed for engineers, students, and developers who want more than theory. This book takes you step-by-step from understanding the RISC-V architecture to building real-time, low-power, networked, and production-ready embedded systems using modern open-source tools and industry-proven workflows.

Unlike high-level overviews, this book dives deep into bare-metal programming, RTOS integration, debugging, power optimization, IoT connectivity, and real-world system design-all using RISC-V microcontrollers. Every concept is reinforced with practical projects, detailed explanations, and professional best practices you can apply immediately.

Inside this book, you'll learn how to:

- Understand the RISC-V architecture, instruction sets, cores, extensions, and how it compares to ARM
- Set up a complete professional RISC-V development environment using GCC, LLVM, PlatformIO, OpenOCD, and GDB
- Write efficient bare-metal firmware and control GPIOs, timers, interrupts, and peripherals
- Build deterministic real-time systems using FreeRTOS and Zephyr on RISC-V
- Debug, profile, and optimize firmware for performance, memory usage, and power consumption
- Implement secure and low-power embedded designs ready for real-world deployment
- Connect RISC-V devices to the cloud using MQTT, TLS, and IoT protocols
- Design battery-powered and production-grade embedded systems
- Scale prototypes into deployable products used in industrial, automotive, and IoT applications

Each chapter includes hands-on projects, from a simple LED blink to multi-sensor, networked, real-time systems-making this book ideal for both learning and professional reference.

Whether you are: - An embedded systems student
- A firmware or hardware engineer
- An IoT developer
- A professional transitioning from ARM to RISC-V
- Or a maker ready to build serious, production-ready devices

This book gives you the technical depth, practical skills, and confidence to work with RISC-V at a professional level.

If you want to move beyond hobbyist tutorials and truly understand how to design, debug, optimize, and deploy real embedded systems using RISC-V, this book is your complete, no-nonsense guide.

Build smarter. Build open. Build the future with RISC-V.