How to Mock in the 21st Century

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Presents a concrete recipe for mocking hardware-heavy embedded code by defining a strict replacement layer so MCU drivers can talk either to hardware-in-the-loop or to small debug-adapter–connected simulators. Describes wiring those simulators into an integration-server test harness, reusing existing prototype ports and adapters to run deterministic tests that catch timing bugs and register-state failures missed by unit tests, with working examples on prototype boards and CI integration.

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1. 0:00Modern mocking
2. 5:58Target and client
3. 10:01Speed in testing
4. 12:04Hardware testing
5. 16:20Evaluating changes
6. 19:19Conclusion

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